With high school behind him, Sam Barger was ready to make 1969 his year. He would finally become a setnet fisherman as he'd always dreamed. Sam soon learned that dreams and reality often differ. The fishing turned sour, the military draft was threatening, and his girlfriend was pregnant. With Tricky Dick in the White House, peace talks in Paris, and war in Vietnam, all of America was in turmoil. Soon, Sam found himself on a noble quest through this unfamiliar and sometimes hostile world. He crossed several western states as he tried to support Iris and do the right thing. Aided by unlikely allies, Sam and Iris both found their way through numerous challenges. The One-Man Iris Davis Fan Club continues the story of Sam Barger from Secondhand Summer and Back Home and paints an authentic picture of teen pregnancy in the 1960s. "An exquisite storytelling style." "The storyline not only piqued my interest but also captivated me throughout, and the writing style effortlessly guided me through the narrative. " "The consistently well-crafted nature of the book contributes to my unequivocal decision to rate it a perfect 5 out of 5." -----Online Book Club for Readers Walker does a good job of showing how the world can intrude on people's lives, and also how people's immediate needs can push broader realities aside. Sam periodically stresses over his near-term future and what it will take to avoid being caught up in the war, but mostly he is thinking about reclaiming Iris and preparing for fatherhood. Walker, who came of age in that city during those years, is helping to place Alaska's largest city on a literary map that's largely ignored it. --Anchorage Daily News I wrote a series of books about a character, Sam Barger, but it wasn't intentional; there just seemed to be more story to tell. I see the books more as standalone stories about the same character.  Secondhand Summer was a coming-of-age tale set in Alaska, based on my experience moving to Anchorage from the homestead after my dad died. Back Home is the sequel to the first novel and explores the relationships in a family when brothers are divided by politics. I was against the Vietnam War as a young man and my brother was a decorated Marine fighting in that war. I make the novel using a lot of my experiences with my brother. Just this winter, I released the third Sam Barger story, The One Man Iris Davis Fan Club , which takes Sam (now out of high school) on an adventure across the West to find his pregnant girlfriend whom we met in Back Home. I wanted to write about teen pregnancy in the 1960s from the perspective of a young man.  It's important to me that historical fiction show history as it was and not just a setting for a modern tale. Life was different and the story helps show that. Sam Barger is sort of my alter ego, and Iris Davis I'm very proud of. She's like a daughter to me. In this novel, I have a raunchy, no-filter waitress based on my sister that I am proud of because I captured her language and manner so well. I hope you enjoy meeting them. Dan L Walker is an Alaska homesteader's son who grew up to become a teacher and a writer. He has worked as a chef, innkeeper, merchant seaman, fisherman, and carpenter. Drawn from these varied experiences are blogs, essays, professional articles, and fiction published in magazines and literary journals such as the Journal of Geography, Alaska Magazine, and We Alaskans. Dan has more than thirty years in education and was named Teacher of the Year for Alaska in 1999.