The author taught English and American literature on the university level for a decade before entering the mortgage banking industry for 20 years wherein he tried to help minorities obtain better housing. He retired in Utah and moved to Arizona with friends and family. For the last 50 years he has been an avid student of world history and he is engaged at the present time in writing books on this subject for preteens, teenagers and adults with an emphasis upon international peace, racial equality and religious tolerance.