Boone was an engaging man who loved life, people, and animals, and attempted to communicate that love. These qualities redeem his prose, make bearable his determined Pollyanna-ism, and reveal a man who (even in Hollywood, of all places, was able to establish peace within himself and with the world. This, obviously, is not everyone's language, but there should be no little call for it from the ""inspirational,"" self-help audience.