Dalton Mire grew up in Owego, New York, the hometown of scholar and explorer, Raphael Pumpelly. As a boy, Dalton read Rafe's tales of Asia and these volumes created a wonder-lust that led him to follow the footsteps of his hero. As an adult, Dalton finally reached the Japan he dreamed of as a boy. His time in the "Land of the Rising Sun" spurred him to write this fictional version of his hero's journey to Japan. Like Rafe, Dalton served his government in Japan. Rafe as an engineer and diplomat, and Dalton as a Department of Defense teacher and administrator. Rafe earned a degree in mining at the Royal University of Freiberg in Germany. Dalton earned his doctorate at the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines. Rafe was a professor of Mining at Harvard, a school founded in 1636. Dalton graduated from Santo Tomas, a school founded in 1611. Pumpelly had a mineral named after him, Pumpellyite. Dalton Mire was named a National Distinguished Principal and was the principal of an overseas school that won the National Blue Ribbon School Award. Rafe became a world famous explorer. Dalton explored the world for thirty years with The Department of Defense.
Dalton Mire has also published: Yumic Falls-The High School Murders and Fracking Dinosaurs-The Cayuga Lake Disaster.
