Charles J. Powell has experienced numerous American historical events, cultural shifts and social changes across four decades. His life is filled with remarkable memories from his childhood amid the 1960's fight for civil rights in Mississippi, to his 1980's midnight encounters with soviet spies during the Cold War, life as a bodyguard for royalty to working undercover in the War on Drugs. Many people experiment with drugs and others with religions, Charles spent his 20's and 30's experimenting with danger on a level that few men survive.