<p>Imagine sleeping on the streets then becoming the king of Venice. According to Michael Ruark that can happen with a creative honest positive and fearless attitude.</p><p>This memoir is a raw documentation of Ruark's experience in Venice California in the early 1990s with all the excitement and hardships of a bohemian lifestyle amid the Los Angeles riots the Oakwood gang warfare and the Northridge earthquake. It is the story of a young man's rise from an abused childhood and homelessness.</p><p><br></p>