A Ferryman's Crossing is the memoir and spiritual reflection of C. Clinton Sidle, written for his children and their children as both an autobiography and a preparation for the life to come. Organised into three phases — the Wanderer, the Ferryman, and the Forest Dweller — the book traces a life shaped from the start by loss: the death of his father at age six, the influence of a beloved grandmother, and an abandonment wound that quietly drove his choices for decades. From wrestling at Cornell and hitchhiking alone through Europe, to the Peace Corps in Nepal where he first encountered Buddhist meditation, to marriage, fatherhood, and a distinguished career in leadership development at Cornell University, Clint's story is one of restless seeking tempered by growing wisdom. He is the ferryman of Hesse's Siddhartha made real — leading outdoor leadership treks in the Himalayas and the Adirondacks, facilitating sweat lodges and intentional communities, writing a book on leadership, and always, in every role, trying to help others cross from who they were to who they might become. The memoir closes with eulogies, wedding toasts, Buddhist reflections on impermanence and karma, and a final reckoning with a life he considers both imperfect and profoundly blessed.