Joy Lanzendorfer investigates the life and death of a magnetic young woman whose mental illness sent her drifting across America.

As a teenager and college student, Charles Glass worked for John Wayne—driving him to studios, conventions, and movie sets during Hollywood’s most turbulent era.

Wolf House represented the author’s ambition and success, but the Sonoma County mansion burned to the ground before he could move in. It was an emotional loss he never recovered from.