At a time of bitter tension between Christianity and Islam, with violence and slavery everywhere, hand-written books alone carried scientific and medical knowledge. But suspicion and hostility blocked their transmission. Stone Thrower is the story of an imagined breakthrough based upon historical fact. It is also a story of deadly fighting and of romance.
Fang began his journalist career after World War II as a reporter and editor. In 1954, he moved to London as an editor for Reuters, then to Lagos, Nigeria to edit the Daily Times. In 1955 he returned to the United States, working in California and Indiana. In 1960 he became a newswriter for KABC television in Los Angeles. In 1966 he worked as an assistant manager in ABC News. In 1969, he became a professor at the University of Minnesota.