Dexter "Ape" Hart was a high school dropout living in Grantville at the time of the Ring of Fire. He worked with his brother Monkey in the percussion cap business, and began selling ammunition to the New United States Army after the town was sent back in time. Like many of the other "undesirables" of Grantville, Hart and his brother socialized at 250 Club , counting themselves among the anti-German crowd. However, they did soon realize the value of hiring Germans workers. This article is a . You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.