Born in 1919 to a wealthy family in Shanghai, Gia-fu Feng fled mainland China in 1947 during the Chinese Civil War, beginning a journey that ultimately led him to America and the counter-cultural revolution of the 1960s. "Through reading this beautifully written biography of my late husband Gia-fu Feng, not only have I come to a deeper understanding of who he was, but I also have a new appreciation of the complex events of the middle years of the 20th century, both in China and in the United States. History comes alive when viewed through the life of this one individual living his unique piece of that history." ― Jane English, co-creator of Gia-fu Feng's best selling version of Tao Te Ching "Carol Wilson has accomplished something remarkable in reconstructing both the outer events and the inner movements of Gia Fu's discovery of Taoism―his excitement, his wonder, and his recognition of a truth that, in some way, he had always known. Through the trajectory of a single life, she allows us to assimilate these subtle lessons more fully, doing so with precision, empathy, and intellectual honesty." – Piero Ferrucci, The Power of Kindness From the review published in bookscover2cover.com "This book is about far more than the life and times of well-known twentieth-century Taoist teacher and author Gia-fu Feng. Wilson's work brilliantly explores and juxtaposes critical periods in Chinese and American social and political history―the Japanese invasion of China and the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Communist Revolution and the Beatnik Movement. And what a cast of characters, from Chairman Mao to Alan Watts! Filled with wisdom and compassion, Wilson's book will engage and entrance you." – Kenneth Cohen, The Way of Qigong and Taoism: Essential Teachings "Wilson has given us an indispensable look at a shadowy chapter of the journey of the Tao to America. She tells the story with warmth, insight, and authority. You will find it engaging and, possibly, life altering." – Luis Alberto Urrea, The Hummingbird's Daughter "In tackling the improbable and highly original life of Taoist teacher and Tao Te Ching translator Gia-fu Feng, Wilson completes a sisterly legacy―and also sheds unexpected light on the era when Beat artists and thinkers took the first steps toward a spiritual counterculture." – Nicole Mones, Lost in Translation An educator for more than four decades, Carol Ann Wilson's work with public schools and higher education institutions focused on issues of democracy and social justice, as did her writing. Turning to creative nonfiction, her first book was Still Point of the Turning World: The Life of Gia-fu Feng, which won Foreword Review's Book of the Year Award and was a finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Another biography, Because We Wanted To! two women, a dream and a ranch called Singing Acres, was a finalist for the same award. Carol's essays have appeared in Under the Gum Tree, The Write Launch, bookscover2cover, Wrath-Bearing Tree, Unlimited Literature, The Words Faire, The Awakenings Review, The Examined Life and other literary journals. Five essays received the Colorado Authors League Award and one a Pushcart Prize nomination. Carol lives and writes in Boulder, Colorado. For more information, including her essays, please see https://carolannwilson.info