This book is the fourth volume of Dr. Stackelberg's memoirs. It covers the years from 1999 to 2012, years of productive scholarship and declining health.
Educated at Harvard (AB 1956), the University of Vermont (MA 1972), and the University of Massachusetts (PhD 1974), Dr. Stackelberg retired in 2004 as Professor of History Emeritus after a thirty-year teaching career at Gonzaga University. He is the author of six books and numerous articles, book chapters, encyclopedia entries, and reviews in scholarly journals.