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A STERLING LIFE is Mark Hester’s fascinating biography of his previously unknown grandfather, Seattle entrepreneur John Danz. Danz began life as Russian Jew Israel Danowsky, and left with his parents as they made their way across several European countries, finally to the United States. Hester’s portrait of this contradictory man, who was a business innovator yet a strict parent, believed in progress and change yet fought against unions in a 13-year strike, is beautifully rendered. He weaves in his own journey of discovering his biological relationship to Danz, and then the details as he unraveled the genealogical mystery. As engaging as a novel, it integrates strong writing with fascinating history and human complexities. A STERLING LIFE is a biography that is also a social history of place and time, intriguing in the first read, but revealing more layers in each re-read.