The author, C. Lewis Clark, has been practicing law for twenty-five years and has been a student of history since reading Johnny Tremain as a fourth grader, and politics ever since his high school government class. After the Supreme Court ruled that 18 year olds had the right to vote he was the first 18 year old in his home town to register as a Republican, to the disappointment of his high school civics teacher (county Democratic Party Chairman ) and parents (life-long Democrats). This was in the era where the young were expected to be card-carrying radical leftists. Later in law school he attempted to organize a chapter of The Federalist Society (a conservative legal organization), where he was opposed by the school's administration. Through the years he has maintained an interest in conservative causes and even hosted a television talk show called "Legal Sense and Nonsense," where he, along with a co-host, discussed the law and debated the necessity of state and national legislation. He currently practices law and maintains an interest in history, law, and the rights of man.