Dave grows up an only child with asthma. His parents move to the Southwest for Dave’s health. They send him to a private boys’ school where he learns to cuss and drink. He races a hotrod and breaks many driving laws. Then he buys a motorcycle and risks his life. He flunks out of college because of parties, crashes a friend’s car, then decides to go back to college to study agriculture. He goes to church, hoping God will help him graduate. He and a drunken farmer crash a pickup with trailer but aren’t hurt badly. He marries a Mormon who leaves him after nine months, and Dave threatens suicide. Then he talks with a pastor who leads him to Christ. Dave goes to Bible college where he meets Bev and they marry.