Peter Bacho was born in 1950. His father was a Filipino immigrant with a fourthgrade education; his mother did not complete high school. As a small child, he lived with his parents in migrant farm worker camps, traveling from harvest to harvest.

His youth was spent in central Seattle, in an area of hard lives, tough times, and difficult people. His interest in Asian martial arts and American boxing has its origins in his adolescent days of protecting himself. He has studied martial arts for over thirty years, and he spars in boxing often. His interest in boxing has resulted in a picture-book study of boxing champions, Boxing in Black and White.

Bacho is not only physically imposing but intellectually impressive. He received his bachelor's degree in 1971 from Seattle University, then received a law degree in Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories, 1997 Boxing in Black...