After many years of leading efforts to prevent homelessness, Richard R. Troxell’s Short Stories in a Long Journey took form in 278 printed pages. The book blends his personal story with the life of an activist for ending and preventing homelessness. This book highlights the structural defects in our system and laws and proposes common-sense economic solutions to the problems of homelessness and substance abuse, such as the Universal Living Wage to address income inequality, a modest liquor surcharge to finance substance treatment, and a bronze statue to memorialize the struggle.