Ben Hamilton is a former history teacher who's finally snapped. Now he lives mostly in a big black van called "the Beast," from which he roams the country, documenting what he thin...view moreBen Hamilton is a former history teacher who's finally snapped. Now he lives mostly in a big black van called "the Beast," from which he roams the country, documenting what he thinks just might be the collapse of American civilization. The way he sees it, bored history students in future generations will have to study our embarrassing time period no matter what, so he might as well write some entertaining primary source documents for them. When not having wacky adventures, he lives with his extremely accommodating wife.view less