Where the Wright Brothers had tinkered in their bicycle shop and started flight. And talked to numerous friends and family in the town and in doing so, discovered that no book had been written about Neil Armstrong, which i was very, very surprised. The only thing close to it was life magazine at the time of the space landing put together more or less of a biography of the three astronauts that landed that were on apollo 11. No proper biography had ever been done. Over the years i thought it should be. Gradually learned more about him and about five years ago, i put a proposal together and took it to my publisher and sold them on it. Began in earnest and interviewed people who shared his journey some included other astronauts as well as the men he served in korea with. I talked to just about all of the surviving men who was in his flew off an Aircraft Carrier with him in the korean war. I talked to many of the people he attended Purdue University with. And learned much about his remarka