Susan Krueger is a retired reading specialist who taught at the jr. high and elementary level in public schools. Although she has written everything from family history, children's stories, and art-related research papers, this is her first book. It was inspired by a trip to the Slaughter ranch in southern Arizona. The book is based on the research of Reba Wells Grandrud, the historian on the restoration of the Slaughter Ranch and the stories Addie told her daughter Adeline Greene Parks.