James Crosser was born in Dupo, Illinois in 1927. While still a young boy, he was a soda jerk and ran a railroad yard as a General Yardmaster's Clerk while still in his teens. After learning to fly with first the Army Air Corps and then the Navy in WWII, he went into Accounting, eventually becoming a Partner with what is now Deloitte Touche. Moving to L.A., he wound up with Hollywood moguls and California movers and shakers. This is his Rewarding and Interesting Journey from Depression-era Illinois to flying around the globe and socializing with captains of industry and government.