This is a 148,000 word historical fiction and geographic drama.  It is set in Salina, Kansas, and Monterey and Pebble Beach, California.  The story runs through the years 1891-1996.  It is an adult novel.  The story is both coming of age and adult soul-searching.  Several vignettes break up the novel.  A third person narration is supplied as the memories of an ailing old man flashing back in time.