David Spriggs, born in Scioto County, Ohio, in 1934 and raised in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, currently spends his time as a freelance writer and poet. Since childhood, David's love and curiosity for airplanes, space, and the undiscovered led him to join the Air Force in 1951 at the mere age of eighteen. These ten years of military service afforded him the opportunity to travel to twenty-seven countries, while specializing in maintenance of various types of aircraft. David is seventy-three years old and over his lifetime has seen many changes around the world. His concerns focus primarily on topics such as the falling economy, government corruption, the Iraq war, and America's progression at achieving domination of our outer space. Debbie Barnum, born in Sherman, Texas, and raised in Savoy, Texas, currently spends her time helping her father put his words in print, as she believes the stories he has to share are very important and should be shared with the world. Debbie drove a truck for 11 years and has been afforded the opportunity to travel in all the lower 48 states of our great country. She believes the problem with our government today is the lack of the American people's involvement. She is married to Barry Barnum and enjoys writing, reading, bingo, scrapbooking and most of all her family.