<strong>Baer</strong> Charlton graduated from UC Irvine with a degree in Social Anthropology, monkeyed around for a while, and then proceeded onward with a life of global travel, multi-disciplinary adventure, and meeting the memorable array of characters he would come to describe in his writing.<br><strong>He</strong> has ridden things with gears, engines, and sails and made things with wood, leather, and metal. He has been stitched back together more times than the average hockey team; his wife and an assortment of cats and dogs have nursed him back to health after each surgery.<br><br>
