There once was a very talented young artist-a wunderkind with an IQ that rivaled Newton's and Hawking's, who was hailed as the new Picasso or Matisse. Even as a child, he had gallery shows which brought him both national recognition and financial success. But events and the world conspired against him. First a series of teachers who failed to recognize the skills and talent of the young man they taught, then as an infantryman in Vietnam who participated...