From modest beginnings in Queens, New York, Dave Rose became the first director of the Alaska Permanent Fund, the multi-billion-dollar savings account created by voters after discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay. Roses insider account, as told to award-winning journalist and author Charles Wohlforth, reveals the inner workings of a unique institution that converts earnings from investment of oil wealth into annual dividends for every Alaskans. Yet this book isnt just about finance. Dave Rose loved to tell stories. His childhood recollections are reminiscent of a Neil Simon play witty tales of an irrepressible city boy. With a partner, he starts the first kosher-style deli in Alaska. A political brawl over his principled stand on civil rights crushes a promising political career.