Robert Lee was born in 1944. He has practiced a number of professions while roaming over the landscape of America including being an ecologist, botanist, entomologist, microbiologist, forester, naval officer, farmhand, ranch hand, sanitarian, vagabond, gardener, feed salesman, horseshoer, newspaper delivery boy, and novelist. Raised in the Christian culture of America but practicing professions based on evolutionary biology, he became interested in the origin of his religious beliefs, of his biological origin, and the conflict raging between science and religion.