After he left Blendville at the age of 15, Harry Gossett has supported himself, repeatedly declining offers of money from his father. His parents always knew where he was and what he was doing. For years, they saw one another at church every Sunday morning.
Harry's next seven decades have been as offbeat as his first decade and a half.
He served in the United States Marine Corp during the Vietnam war, but not in Vietnam. Harry helped keep California safe from invaders.
During 20 years in the FBI he progressed from Security Patrol to Special Agent Field Supervisor, managing undercover operations, overseeing the development of Confidential Human Sources and training other agents in the esoteric arts involved in taking down sophisticated criminal cabals, neutralizing hostile intelligence efforts and dismantling terrorist organizations.
Then, Mr. Gossett, and his wife, the love of his life, traveled the world unraveling commercial conspiracies and locating missing heirs and witnesses. He continued to train federal agents as a contractor and taught fraud auditing techniques to Certified Public Accountants.