To my wife LaVonne Snyder Mountain, for her creative work on the covers and for her constant encouragement and for all her support over the last 55 years. To my son Patrick M. Mountain, for his encouragement and his contributions that made the distribution of my books possible. To my other sons, Mark W. Mountain and Scott C. Mountain, for all their constant encouragement and support. To my daughter-in-law Emilia Poppe Mountain and to my only grandchild William B. Mountain for all their love and support.
Also, to one of my family members that has been instrumental in getting my books distributed, my wonderful niece Jill Martin. Jill did all the formatting, structuring and editing of my last four books. Without her expertise and her help none of these books would have been completed. Jill has a very demanding, successful career, but she still finds time to help an old man like me out. She is loved and greatly appreciated by me and the rest of my family.
To my family friend John Keller for all his work on my website and never complaining when I ask him to make changes. I've known John since he was a little boy and I spent many hours coaching him and wiping his runny nose. He is the best.
I would also like to thank several of my close friends that have always encouraged me to continue writing, they are as follows; Peter Schenk, Harry Daly, Scott Hutton, Ron Naslund, Ted Boran, Jerry Guptil and Roger Young.