This book is a detailed biography of Royce S. Bringhurst (1918-2005), a world-renowned strawberry expert who headed the University of California strawberry breeding program from 1953 to 1989. Drawn from an extensive collection of letters and journals, the book gives a compelling portrait, not just of one remarkable scientist, but of American life in the World War II generation. Beginning with Bringhurst's early life as a Utah farm boy, it...