Blame It on the Bypass

About the Book

These stories are about a group of mostly older people who have had heart attacks or other heart problems. Their doctors have recommended that they attend a Cardiac exercise group on a regular schedule. The work is fiction. In many cases I have constructed one person out of a composite of others, plus fictional inventions. If I need any other excuse for having written this work, I appeal to Socrates. He is reputed to have said that the unexamined life is not worth living. These stories are set predominantly in the latter two thirds of the twentieth century.

About the Author

James D. Patterson’s early life was as a farm boy in Missouri. He has an A. B. from the University of Missouri, an S. M. from the University of Chicago, and a Ph. D. from the University of Kansas, all in Physics. He taught and did research in Physics at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, The Florida Institute of Technology, and Idaho State University, among other universities. JDP now lives in the Black Hills of South Dakota. This fictional story’s origins come from his observations while attending a cardiac Rehab group in Rapid City.