Climb That Mountain...One Last Time...or Was Jack Kevorkian right?

Follow Junie and Elmo on their up and down journey to find their fortunes together, only to earn and lose millions more than once.

Junie and Elmo were destined to become partners once the blaring horn of an automobile brought them trogether at a busy intersection in downtown Dallas. They thrived until bankruptcy loomed, an event they faced many time in Texas, Wisconsin and Arizona.

Elmo married Faith, an inexperienced sex education teacher, and together they produced two children – the son attracting the attention of DEA and the daughter the object of scrutiny by the Phoenix vice squad. Elmo had almost forgotten another son, the aftermath of an interlude long before in San Antonio with Precious. But Chappie, now almost 50 years old, after having been released from prison, again, showes up in Phoenix to claim his rightful inheritance, of which there was precious little to claim.

After Faith Dies, and Elmo becomes older and ill, his three greedy children, in sink with each other suggest that

Elmo pay a visit to a doctor in Michigan who assists aging people.

But Junie intervenes and gets Elmo to help him "Climb that Mountain – one last time." A fortune at last?

Born in Norway, Michigan, J. J. Van Gasse, M.D., M.P.H. attended the University of Michigan where he earned his Bachelor's and Medical Degrees, returning later to acquire a Master's Degree in Public Health. He has worked in the pharmaceutical industry, served in the army, and was a member of the United States Committee to the World Health Organization. He currently resides and practices medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he lives with his wife, Kathyrn.

Dr. Van Gasse is also the author of Yellow Garden, Father,Son, What Am I Allergic Too? and Night's Soft Folds: The Life & Poetry of Josephine Van Gasse Basiliko (the authors' aunt).