Historical Fiction
Bodie Gold
BODIE GOLD Chapter 1 On a date in the late spring of 1873, three events occurred thousands of miles apart that were, at the time, completely unrelated. Several months later, in retrospect, one could see that each event was part of a series which would culminate in a fateful event in a locale no one…
A Mob Scene
In the mid 1960’s, Antonio (“Tony”) Caminiti was the head of the Cosa Nostra in Miami, Florida. In the spring of 1967, he was called upon to testify before a grand jury in Albany, New York, where an ongoing investigation into organized crime was being conducted by New York State officials. Upon his return to…
THE PRESIDENT COMES TO TOWN
The President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, was coming to Bonham, Texas, my hometown, to make a campaign appearance in his race against Thomas Dewey in late September of 1948. I was 8 years old at the time and had absolutely no interest in seeing the President and even less interest in listening…