John lives with his five dogs in North Pole, Alaska. He is an eighty-three-year-old retired schoolteacher, social worker, rehabilitation counselor, and paramedic/firefighter, who spent fourteen yea...показать большеJohn lives with his five dogs in North Pole, Alaska. He is an eighty-three-year-old retired schoolteacher, social worker, rehabilitation counselor, and paramedic/firefighter, who spent fourteen years in the U.S. Armed Forces. Married five times, he has two sons, a wonderful daughter-in-law, a brilliant artist half- brother and his wonderful wife, and three grandchildren. He is the author of Doing it the Hard Way; Tsunami, No Good; Kelly House; and Wheel Dog Cheechako. He has few current friends but those still alive have remained his close friends for nearly half a century. On the other hand he has lots of acquaintances. His dad used to say that all his friends were living six feet below the surface and fertilizer for flowers and a few weeds of course. Ah, the circle of life.показать меньше