Doug McGuinn was born in Spindale, North Carolina, a small town nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. When Doug was five years old, his father quit his job in the cotton mill and became an Air Force cook. For the next fourteen years, Doug lived the vagabond life of an Air Force dependent, calling South Carolina, Libya, Louisiana, Hawaii, and Oklahoma home. Among the places Doug has lived is Tripoli, Libya (1955-58), where his father was stationed at Wheelus Air Base. Doug still keeps up with some of his Libyan friends via the Internet. Doug and his wife, Cinda, moved to Boone,