The Last One Writes the Book

This is the true story of all persons and incidents in this book. The book specifically tells the story of many residents of a small Iowa Town that circumstances brought together to share the grief and sorrow of the deaths of several and the joy and good times shared by all of them. The second half of the book tells the true story of the author, his alcoholism and the accompanying crazy behavior; and how through over 42 years of sobriety, he came to lead a wholesome, good life.

This is a story about a group of old timers; all coming from different walks of life, all settling in the town of Denison, Iowa. They became good friends and found they had a number of things in common, none the least of which was golf. Not so much different from other similar groups, this story tells of the tragedies they endured together and the lighter moments they all enjoyed together. The kind of moments that are so critical to bonding and forming new and deep friendships. Some, a few were Denison Iowa natives while a number came from Chicago, Omaha, New York, Florida, Virginia and other places throughout the Country. In the second half of the book, it examines the life of one of these men; the author who's life was a shambles but through the grace of God Almighty, a courageous woman and 5 loving children; he went on to lead a positive, productive life and became one of these men.

Ken Livingston began working at an entry level position with Retail Credit Company, later known as Equifax in their Omaha, Nebraska office directly out of the military. Over his career of 32 ½ years he worked with several affiliated companies, managed offices holding 15 different positions in the company until ultimately holding the highest ranked field sales position in the company as a Senior National Account Executive before his retirement at age 55. During his career, he attended the University of Omaha, Central State in Oklahoma, Georgia State in Atlanta and Normandale in Minneapolis. He followed this career for several years as a self employed consultant which he did until serving two terms as Mayor of Denison, Iowa. Following his time as Mayor, he became a business broker before being challenged by his friend Jerry Behrens who said "The Last One Writes the Book."