The expert editing skills of John Harvey, who donated his labors in exchange for 2 years off time in purgatory;

Captain Flint who kept a seeing-eye monkey trained on my efforts at all times;

Rose, Lani, Olivia, Angelique, and St. Stephen, who supported me in my early research and will-fully forgive my sometimes errant behavior;

Lily Barry and John Carroll;

John McKeever, Mary Elizabeth Smith, and Beth Foy of Suncoast and Associates;

Ms. Bonnie Swope, editor extrordinare;

Mr. Joady Guthrie, of Woody Guthrie Publishing, for his excellent indexing advice;

Senor Pedro Román and Eloisa, his lovely wife, of Villa Del Rey, Puerto Rico;

Director Carol Lopes of the CARD Project (Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disaster);

Nolo Press for leading by example;

Ben at Solano Express for all his hard work;

And again to Lani, my beloved wife, the loveliest light in the whole universe;

And again to my Mom, who taught me that knowledge is meaningless without action;