Travel with Frank, the wayfarer, on a tumultuous journey through America in the second half of the Twentieth Century.
During your tempestuous trip you will meet:
Frank's father Phil who, after being shunned by his friends for choosing civilian service in WWII, tries to build paradise on Earth. Dr. Payne, a dentist who has merited his moniker many times over. Floyd, a giant riverman whose friends and their fathers ferried Al Capone into hiding in the backwaters of the Illinois River when the heat was on in Chicago. D. Bender, visionary teacher and psychological torturer of children. The inimitable Stonewall Jackson who suffers racism in the deep South. Jack and Tracy, swingers in 1960s Berkeley. Jane, an Apache women whose ancestors rode with Geronimo.Read about these colorful characters and many more in tales told against the background of war and the warmongering that has existed in America since the end of WWII and speculate about what may be the future of the American Empire.