Grace in the Wilderness (Volume 4: History/Politics & Education)

Born in Colorado, Mike Purdy spent the first ten years of his life on the East Coast (New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey). He moved to Southern California when he was ten years old with his mother and brother when his parents got divorced. He graduated from San Marino High School (San Marino, California) and earned a bachelor of arts degree in business and public administration from the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, Washington), where he also obtained his MBA degree. Mike later earned a Master of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. He worked as a university administrator for the University of Puget Sound and then as a contracting manager for the City of Seattle, Seattle Housing Authority, and University of Washington. He retired in 2010 after a 30-plus year career. After retirement, he continued providing consulting and training to public agencies, contractors, consultants, and industry associations in the area of public procurement and contracting. Starting around 2014, he began to build up his credentials as a presidential historian with the launch of his PresidentialHistory.com website and writing for various online publications. He has been interviewed and quoted by the New York Times, CNN, USA Today, Associated Press, BBC, Reader's Digest, The Wall Street Journal, and many other media outlets. He authored "101 Presidential Insults: What They Really Thought About Each Other – and What It Means to Us," which was published in 2019.