I love the picture we chose for the cover of "Chasing." The gypsy wagon is similar to the one that was my grandmother's home for nine years while she followed her husband all over the midwest trading horses. She did all the cooking and laundry over a campfire. It was also her job to hitch a team of horses to the wagon and drive it from place to place. Her husband, Gus, had his own team, hitched to a fancy "top buggy," that he used to promote horse trades, much as today's used car salesman drives a car from his inventory (with dealer license plates.)

This has been a fascinating journey, and I have learned so much about a segment of American culture seldom mentioned in history books.