A two-part biography of the life and adventures of Samuel Leask I, who had his finger in many pies of society and politics in his time as a business owner in the county. Written by Bob Burton, a close friend of his, and Tom McHugh, prominent political writer of Santa Cruz.

Notables, T L McHugh, Robert Burton, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Griffith Ashurst, George Menasco, Roy Boekenoogen, Ruby Pringle Bowen, Santa Cruz Public Library, Haswell Leask, James Leask, Robert Leask / Bob Leask, Margaret Leask, Edmund G Brown, A A Morey / Archibald A Morey, J S Menasco, Dr Charles Ford, Charles J Klein, Ralph Bias, Lloyd Pringe / Lloyd Pringle, Samuel Leask Jr, Tom Kelley, D C Moore, S A Palmer, James S Menasco, Fred A Kilburn, Louis D McLean, R L Cardiff, C Ray Holbrook, Elva Russell Cardiff / Elva Cardiff, Andy Hecox, Adna Hecox, Ford & Sanborn, Lucius W Sanborn, Charles Klein, W S Moore, W P Netherton, Christian Hoffman, William A Horton, William T Jeter, Welch Big Tree Grove, Artie Taylor / A A Taylor / Arthur A Taylor, Santa Cruz Surf, C D Hinkle, Wessendorf & Staffler, Hubert Wyckoff, William Blackburn, Isaiah Hartman, Stephen Martinelli, Ed Dreis, O W White, Robert E Burton, Big Basin State Redwood Park / Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Frontier Gazette, Cowell Big Tree Grove, George Treat