From the moment he was born, Chester Oliver found life to be a puzzle. Worse, it was a puzzle to which, it seems, he hadn't been given all the pieces. Even his name was a source of bafflement. For years, he thought his name was Butch. Then, when he reached school age, he learned the truth. What the hell! In those days, the name Chester conjured up images of Matt Dillon's limping, drawling sidekick on Gunsmoke. Chester Oliver might as well have handed the bullies a "kick me" sign. And that was just for starters. Like his namesake, Chester Oliver shuffled his way through ticks and snakes, bicycle and car wrecks, girls with clothes on and offeven an ornery horse aiming to throw him. All the while, he was trying to answer the question: "How did I get here?"