About the Author

Jack Random has lived both an ordinary and extraordinary life. His roots firmly planted in the fertile central valley of California, he has marched the streets in protest, haunted jazz town bars, read poetry in cafes and town squares, strutted his hour upon the stage, crisscrossed the country by air, rail, highway and thumb, mourned at Wounded Knee, gazed into the eyes of the crow at Grand Canyon, and paid tribute at the grave of Geronimo. He has labored in the fields of plenty, toiled on the assembly line, pursued higher education, and attempted to enlighten children in the public schools. He has been a pilgrim and a seeker of truth. He is married to the love of his life. All the while he has chronicled his thoughts and revelations in words: plays, poetry, novels, stories and essays. He is the author of Wasichu: The Killing Spirit, Number Nine: The Adventures of Jake Jones and Ruby Daulton, A Patriot Dirge, Pawns to Players (Crow Dog Press), Ghost Dance Insurrection (Dry Bones Press) and the Jazzman Chronicles Volumes I-X (Crow Dog Press).