The Author is a 7th generation Florida Cowboy who joined the United States Air Force in 1967, where he remained until his retirement in 1987. In 1993 he relocated his family to College Station, Texas, as an employee of Texas A&M University, where he remains today after retiring after another 20 year career. David has been writing since high school, and since 1977 his writing has been directed mostly towards poetry related to his cowboy heritage and experience. He will soon release a book of short stories about his life as a kid growing up in a Pre-Disney Florida.