This is a book of short stories of fishing, hunting, and other miscellaneous categories, that cover a period of friendship for over 45 years. The stories relate experiences that are humorous and sometimes serious, that will probably appeal to a reader of various subjects and will bring back memories to readers who have had similar experiences.

The main characters, Kurt & Mari Kollman, emigrate from Switzerland to the United States to work and live. They are caught up in a web of intrigue and mystery that is beyond their control. A vacation trip to Montana seals their future and helps them decide to build the first Dude Ranch in Western New York State. It is a new business concept for the Northeast. The story evolves from one incident to another as they find their dreams are not what they thought they would be.

This is a book of short stories of fishing, hunting, and other miscellaneous categories, that cover a period of friendship for over 45 years. The stories relate experiences that are humorous and sometimes serious, that will probably appeal to a reader of various subjects and will bring back memories to readers who have had similar experiences.

The main characters, Kurt & Mari Kollman, emigrate from Switzerland to the United States to work and live. They are caught up in a web of intrigue and mystery that is beyond their control. A vacation trip to Montana seals their future and helps them decide to build the first Dude Ranch in Western New York State. It is a new business concept for the Northeast. The story evolves from one incident to another as they find their dreams are not what they thought they would be.

Driven by a tragic family loss and then a sense of trying to belong, the main character survives a harrowing wartime experience, and by good fortune, marries the nurse that took care of him when he was wounded. He returns to a new home, a new family and a business career. Then he has a chance meeting with a man he met during the war who belongs to an active shadow political organization. The character becomes politically connected and is elected a United States Senator from Texas. He begins to rise in popularity and speaks out about the economic, domestic, oil, immigration and international issues that parallel the present concerns of United States citizens. Meantime, the shadow political organization flexes its behind-the-scenes muscle. A momentous series of events occur that will change the history and direction of the United States political scene for years to come.