Inspiration

About the Book

Inspiration is the story of why the author embarked into the world of motor homing. The story starts with the author’s description of the gift his father gave him during life, and clarified during his last months of life. His father’s clear and concise message was “live without regrets and be happy”. Since the authors dream was to own a motor home one day, his fathers last messages were the guiding forces for the author to fulfill a life long dream.

Subsequent chapters take the reader through the selection, negotiating and purchasing process the author followed in acquiring his first motor home; Country Coach Inspire. The information presented focuses on Class A diesel “pusher” motor homes. However, the basic information could provide a valuable resource for those interested in purchasing any class of motor home. Later chapters describe the travels and experiences of the first year and half of ownership. The trips include the famous “shakedown trip” known to all owners of motor homes ending with service at the Country Coach factory in Junction City, Oregon. The author then takes the reader across the country as he and his family embark on a history tour of the U.S.

About the Author

            Stephen J. Brown has a B.S. and M.S. degree in Biology and a Ph.D. in Medical Entomology. He was an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. After a seven year stay he moved on to The University of Illinois where he was an Assistant Professor of Pathobiology in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the Champaign-Urbana campus. For the last twenty years he has been on the faculty in the School of Education at Loyola-Marymount University and the University of Phoenix, both in Los Angeles, California. During the same period he has been a member of the Science Department at Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, California. Dr. Brown has published over 40 scientific articles in international journals on the topics of Entomology, Immunology and Pathology. He has also presented lectures throughout the Unites States and in Europe and has written three chapters in scientific books. This is the second book he has authored for Authorhouse. The first was about the family dog Morpheus titled, “Morphdorph, Coming Home With My New Family”. His new book titled “Inspiration, From Dad to Motor Coach” was formulated during the final months of his father’s life but not realized until his father’s death. Dr. Brown and his wife, Dr. Kathleen Flynn, live in Redondo Beach California, and their son Joshua Patrick Flynn-Brown attends Chapman University in the city of Orange.