Milking a Stone is based on actual events. Charlie grows up in California after the Great Depression. His grandfather's disinterest prompts Charlie to leave the country, with a series of dramatic experiences. As an adult, he sees injustices in 1960s America and ends up in personal conflicts with financiers. In the 1980s, he joins the wolves and hunts for profits. View life with Charlie, and live with the main character for good and for bad, until one day Charlie realizes all that he has missed. The Author, Michael Owens, grew up in 1960s America and presently resides in Sweden. Read his story about a duel-nationality American and his fight for survival.