John William Merriman was born in Des Moines, Iowa, USA and lived until just after his 98th birthday. He lives in British Columbia, Canada. His variety of life gave us these stories in his own words, of life in England, transitioning to life in Saskatchewan, being a farmer, being in WW2 and building northern roads in Canada. His humour and one-liners leave you at the end of each story thinking of a drum beating "ba-dum-cha!"