A unique and engrossing autobiography, this is the inspiring story about a Montana farm boy who became a world-renowned virologist and discovered the Rotavirus vaccine, which saves the lives of more than 500,000 children across the world every year. Raised on a ranch, Dick Ward was an unlikely candidate to become an eminent virologist, but his innate competitive spirit helped him redirect what he learned through life to accomplish something deeply important. The myriad mishaps encountered during his search for a meaningful personal, religious, and scientific life provide familiar and often funny–if not uncomfortable–touchstones of one man's journey to a monumental discovery.