The Book of Ray: One Man's Journey Through Time

is a three-volume memoir of one man's journey through life. This first volume covers birth through military service in Vietnam. Says the author, "I can't remember a time when I wasn't lured by the beckoning call to adventure: scrambling over mounds of rocks, climbing alongside waterfalls, descending into gloomy caves, and scaling steep mountains. Nothing has ever seemed too forbidden, too daunting, or too formidable to this intrepid adventurer. There's an old saying, "You can't tell a book by its cover." If this ever applied to anyone, it applies to the jovial-looking fellow who wrote this book. Over the years, I've come to know him better than I ever imagined. And yet it seems I hardly knew him at all. Understanding and respecting the kind of person I was before is part of the challenge. Learning to honor and love the man I am today is the rest of the story.