"Joe was larger than life, but he was also deeply scarred. The death of his mother at a young age; a childhood spent in a bleak orphanage; years as an indentured farm servant; riding the rails with hobos and criminals during the Great Depression; working in a remote CCC camp along the Canadian border; and violent combat experiences during WWII. Armed with a deep mistrust of organized religion, he had an innate spiritual sense and an insight into...