Top of the Mountain

About the Book

Top of the Mountain

Welcome to Top of the Mountain! Experience the anguish and hurl: of a young executive when he finds that his wife of two years has split, deserted his three months old son and filed for divorce while they are far from home. Read about a young street walker who turns away from her sordid environment because of her sudden attachment to a crying baby.

Experience Sarah''s joy while she watches the little boy she''s become caregiver for as he begins to grow up and her attachment to him grows. Learn how she finds the pure and satisfying love that grows out of her relationship with Tommy and George; love that she''d never known before. Find out how she discovers the friendship of others that she can trust when she''d had none. Learn what it is like to live on a ranch twenty miles from the nearest settlement of any size and discover how the ranch is run.

Laugh as you read about her mother''s experiences as she goes trout fishing for the first time.

Find out how the young executive rises in the company and how his wife supports him in his endeavors. See how he handles difficult situations as he takes charge of a failing ranch in Wyoming. Meet Lulu and Boots and Carmelita as they play their parts in this drama.

You will find al) of these things and more as you read Top of the Mountain, the story of a young man''s and a young woman''s rise to the top. See how they deal with their problems and how they find love, lasting love There are moments of excitement. There are moments that will stir your emotions. Joy, sympathy and humor are all there

Welcome to Top of the Mountain.

About the Author

Andrew Johnson was born on a sheep ranch west of Red Bluff California November 3, 1927, It was his mother''s birthday! Andrew grew up there until he was fourteen years old. Tn 1942, his family moved to Yuba City where he finished high school in 1945. He entered college that fall in Marysvtlle, California, then joined the US Navy in December, 1945,

Andrew went to Bikini Atoll for the atomic bomb tests in the summer of 1946, went to China in 1947 and spent the rest of his time in the navy at San Diego, California. He was discharged from the navy in December of 1948 and went back to college. He graduated from Yuba College in the spring of 1949.

Andrew went to work for a crop duster in 1952 and became a licensed mechanic and pilot. In 1.955 he became a flight engineer for Trans World Airlines. While there, he traveled to many places in the world. He left the company and went to the Boeing Company as a flight engineer instructor. He traveled to many countries on assignment by Boeing. He retired from the company in 1981.

Andrew developed a strong love for literature early in life and has been widely read, having a special interest in science fiction, historical fiction and world and US history. He has a small library which contains a broad variety of fiction and technical works. As a flight engineer instructor, he learned to write technical manuals and other technical documents. He has written for a technical magazine about aviation subjects. He has recently written a small number of fiction works, mostly set in the Western United States, none of which have yet been published. Top of the Mountain is his first attempt at entering the published author''s world.