The author, Leo Schneider, is a reader and amateur historian of Oklahoma, the Old West and the United States. He was educated as an engineer in Oklahoma and Texas and worked in oil...view moreThe author, Leo Schneider, is a reader and amateur historian of Oklahoma, the Old West and the United States. He was educated as an engineer in Oklahoma and Texas and worked in oil fields throughout the world. His writing began as technical presentations for these petroleum developments and as the experiences accumulated, opportunities to write about them increased. The family lived on a small farm, raising fruit trees, running a cow-and-calf operation and exploring large-scale composting. Their children now grown, Molly and Leo live in Tulsa, Oklahoma.view less