Connolly, Don

When he was the age of the children in this tale, the author climbed with other Boy Scouts to the top of the tallest hill in Camp Tonkawa, a popular Scouting retreat in New Mexico. He often struggled to reach the top, despite the privilege of receiving pioneering "open heart" surgery at age nine. The view from the summit of this popular climb was spectacular. Children spoke in hushed tones of their beliefs and goals, and gazed upward as if to summon the wisdom of those who had climbed to the summit in ages past. After more than forty years in government, the author continues to seek out "think...