Linda Riddle was a longtime Tonkawa resident, owned Daylight Donut Shop for many years, is an award winning artist and an avid Buccaneer fan. She also enjoyed writing a column for the Tonkawa News. Linda was Ted’s project coordinator on jobs throughout the midwest. This saga was brought to life early one Sunday morning in Tonkawa, where the authors lived. Ted sat straight up in bed and said, “I know how I died”. That woke Linda. His story flowed in such a way, it brought tears and laughter to her. She grabbed a yellow pad and pencil and began writing. Soon she found a tape recorder and began recording this adventure. This was not a dream. The tone of his voice was different and even the dialogue was strange, as Ted continued well into the morning. Later, when they realized that this gift had to be published, Ted asked Linda to add the sunsets and the eagles flying. She went to libraries as they traveled, even to Alaska twice, with their work and researched for facts for the book. She took pictures of locations where the story took place and drew illustrations. Names of their family members and friends were added, many from Tonkawa as the story developed. The story begins during the Civil War, when Thomas Summers and his brother John, join the Union Army. As Ted continues with his tale, he even knows the name of his wife, children, places and events. He knows how he lived, so that is the first chapter. The journey takes Tom and the reader through many life-threatening adventures,