Book excerpt: There are many stories of journeys made to the United States in search of the American Dream. This is one in particular. The story of one man's life. As a fourteen-year-old boy from Iran. He had a vision for his life as well as the determination it took to achieve it. Coming from a poor origin. With no real family or direction, the decision was to pursue a chance, though many mistakes were made. Marriages, broken families lost and divided, the idea that God was always there with him was never doubted. As a young man with heroes like Elvis Presley and Tom Seaver, he found the encouragement that he many times needed, to keep going through all the good and the bad decisions. This self-taught dreamer finally found what he had been looking for.