Jerry Payne was raised in Bossier City, Louisiana. During World War II, his father was killed in action. America flourishes, as a boy's dreams grow into incredible adult challenges and opportunities. He built his life around friendships that would make his stories come to life. Always involving himself in the next experiment his career led to his life's ambition, politics and advertising. Decades pass his parents and spouse die. Lonely and floundering skin cancer threatens his life. Thinking the end is near. He learns it is not. Incredibly, his life's buffet offers a change beyond belief. As o...