Richard Reed runs a small burger shack in Houston, Texas with his daughters, proudly selling the same sort of healthy bison meat that made the plains Indians such formidable warriors. Dr. Reed is a retired geologist, with 24 years in international oil exploration. His hobbies are writing, heirloom gardening, libertarian politics, and grandchildren. Reed has also written a book of illustrated children's stories ("How Not to Be Eaten By Bears").