The protagonist is an American Negro in 1921. He grew up in Harlem. Through a quirk, he gets a job managing a 10 000 acre bison ranch in Canada. He is tailed by a neophyte FBI agent, who tries to make the ranch fail.
James M. Russell has a philosophy degree from the University of Cambridge, a post-graduate qualification in critical theory, and has taught at the Open University in the UK. He currently works as a freelance writer, designer and editor. He is the author of A Brief Guide to Philosophical Classics, A Brief Guide to Spiritual Classics and A Traveller's Guide to Infinity. He lives in north London with his wife, daughter and two cats.