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Bruce Bothwell is plainly prolific. With 20 published books, 6 children, 15 grandchildren, and one great granddaughter, there seems to be no stopping him. He is retired from 35 years of teaching (26 of those in an alternative school) and 2 teacher-of-the-year awards in Iowa. He and his wife reside in Asbury, Iowa where he photographs flowers, traps squirrels, and writes.Lin Bothwell has had a long, interesting trip through a multitude of educational, business, and family enterprises. His award-winning book, Lessons in Honor, is a novelistic treatment of his 31?2 years at the US Air Force Academy. His first book, The Art of Leadership, has been translated into several languages and sold worldwide. His bachelor's and master's degrees at BYU and his EdD at Harvard spurred him to a long career as a teacher, business mogul, and salesman. His lifelong devotion to Mormonism led his wife and him to retirement appointments in China and Fiji. And his post-retirement job teaching ESL One led him to this novel. ESL=English As a Second Lunacy is a novel based on Lin's post-retirement job teaching ESL One in Salt Lake City to a multiplicity of refugees and immigrants. Imagine a college professor teaching the ABCs and the 123s to people from Burundi and Myanmar and China and Guatemala and... At times the story is funny. At times it is sad. At times it is poignant. But all told it is what makes America the great country it has always been.