I wrote this book after the death of my father, Louis, and before the birth of my first nephew, also Louis, who would have been my father's first grandchild. The book is dedicated to my father and an attempt to give comfort to my sisters and to let all my father's grandchildren know something about my father whom I loved and respected more than anyone else in my life. My family, our town, and the world, lost a person who touched many people's lives when my father passed and if anyone I've known deserves a memorial it's him.