The book is based on a diary kept by Wes Herrmann which covered most part of his life. From that diary, this book was written to tell the story of a special person in the many people in his life. We all may have a different life story to tell and we may have different fashions from generations past. But we all experience our own fears, our hopes and our dreams. What was to be five months before his death, his grandson recorded with him, from his diary, the highlights of his life. His story is told both in his memory and for the benefit of his generations to come.