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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr

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I am a soon to be retired Duke Medical Center library researcher, who enjoys writing. I have been writing on Wikipedia for years and have begun to write
ebooks. My pastimes include selling books on EBay, genealogical research, baseball (Pittsburgh Pirates), collecting antique furniture and coins, and spending time with Kingsley, my cocker spaniel.

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Frank "Buster" Wortman East St. Louis, Illinois Mobster by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,210. Language: English. Published: March 1, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Frank Wortman was a Mafia figure who also managed a tavern in East St. Louis, Illinois. The U.S. Senate Rackets Committee disclosed his role in the trucking business in Missouri and Illinois. The Rackets Committee followed the 1950-1951 Kefauver Committee inquiry into organized crime. Wortman had an impressive home in rural St. Clair County, IL. Surrounded by a protective moat, it was a fixture.
NVA Regulars Their Role In The Vietnam War 1968-1971 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,320. Language: English. Published: February 28, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / Strategy, Nonfiction » History » Asian » Asia / Southeast Asia
The Mekong River region was key objective of the North Vietnamese in their mission in South Vietnam. A central aim was to pin down IV Corps ARVN forces. These were comprised 7th, 9th and 21st South Vietnam Army. The NVA soldiers would sometimes become disoriented in certain terrain. Viet Cong guides proved most helpful to them. The VC role in the war remained subordinate to the NVA regulars.
Sol Girsch New York City Jewelry & Bond Robber Linked To Dutch Schultz-Tammany Hall Horse Racing-Gambling Ring by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,330. Language: English. Published: February 26, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
In the early and mid-1930s bootlegger Arthur Flegenheimer aka Dutch Schultz controlled much of the beer and alcohol business in metropolitan New York City. Career criminal Sol Girsch was a part of Schultz's operation. Many of its lynchpins, including Tammany Hall leader James J. Hines, weren't prosecuted until 1938. Future New York Governor Thomas Dewey led the prosecution against the gamblers.
Armand "Cookie" Faugno Genovese Mobster Disposed of in a New Jersey Landfill by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,510. Language: English. Published: February 24, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
It's been speculated that Armand Faugno's body was dumped in the same New Jersey landfill that contain the remains of former Teamsters' Union President Jimmy Hoffa. An intriguing lower level figure in the Genovese Mafia, Faugno was in Jersey City AFL Local 1247 during major conflicts in the longshoremen industry. He was closely linked to Anthony and Salvatore Provenzano, who ran Local 560
A Case of Mob Business Coercion In The Philadelphia Garbage Industry Atlas Rubbish & Salvage Inc. by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,020. Language: English. Published: February 22, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
The Philadelphia Inquirer exposed the machinations of Atlas Rubbish & Salvage's attempt to coerce merchants to use their garbage removal business services. The unlicensed company was managed by two Philadelphia residents who had established mob ties. Their names were William "Willie" Weisberg and Samuel "Cappy" Hoffman. Curiously, both Weisberg and Hoffman lived in the same apartment building.
A $20 Million International Narcotics Ring Run By Philadelphia Mobster Nig Rosen by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,340. Language: English. Published: February 20, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Philadelphia resident Robert D. Williams was among 46 persons named in a federal indictment handed down on September 3, 1957. Williams was part of a $20 million narcotics combine led by ex-Philadelphia Mafioso Nig Rosen. My e-book looks at the principals involved in drug rings that were broken up in 1957 and 1962. Perhaps the most prominent mobster involved was Bonanno enforcer Carmine Galante.
Monokini Exhibitionism, Civil Liberties and Nude Photography by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,070. Language: English. Published: February 18, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Photography - Photo books, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Photography - how to
A Chicago model was arrested for posing in a Monokini on a Lake Michigan beach. After she was apprehended she requested that an all male jury decide on her guilt or innocence. A portion of my e-book is devoted to a newsstand dealer who was convicted of selling Sir Magazine to an underage youth in 1966. He appealed his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Actress Ann-Margret sued High Society magazine.
Was Money A Motive In Sam Cooke's Murder? Los Angeles, California December 11, 1964 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,250. Language: English. Published: February 16, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Murder » General, Nonfiction » True Crime » General crimes
Sam Cooke was a famous singer who was killed by gunshot in a Los Angeles motel. His female killer was motel manager Bertha Franklin. Franklin told police that Cooke had arrived in the early morning hours of December 11, 1964. He was accompanied by Elissa Boyer, a Eurasian woman with long hair. My e-book was researched from multiple African-American newspapers of the era. The Amsterdam News is one.
Lili Boulanger French Composer First Woman Awarded the Prix de Rome by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 1,910. Language: English. Published: February 14, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Music » Opera, Nonfiction » Children's Books » Music / Classical
Lili Boulanger was only 24 when she died of Crohn's Disease in 1918. A recipient of the Roman Prize in 1913, she left behind an unfinished opera that was based on a play by Maurice Maeterlinck. It was titled La Princess Maleine. Maeterlinck had practically begged her to complete it before she died. Nevertheless she finished Faust et Helene, a work of "unsettling originality".
A South Philadelphia Numbers Racket Linked To Police Payoffs June 1956 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,170. Language: English. Published: February 12, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Law enforcement, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
In June 1956 the Philadelphia Inquirer reported the suspension of a policeman who had taken payoffs from South Philly gamblers. One of the gamblers, James "Jimmy" Singleton had been arrested twenty-four times since 1928. Singleton worked for dapper crime boss Marco Reginelli in the south and southwest Philadelphia area. Gambler Michael Switz controlled the racket in central Philadelphia.
The Murder of Manhattan Subway Union Leader R. Norman Redwood West Englewood, New Jersey February 19, 1937 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,400. Language: English. Published: February 10, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Labor rights, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Joseph Fay was a close associate of Democrat Jersey City, New Jersey Mayor Frank "I Am the Law" Hague. Information privy to Daily Worker writer John Meldon claimed that Fay was the most likely assassin of murdered "sandhog" union leader R. Norman Redwood. My e-book looks at information that was published about the case in various newspapers in New York, from 1937-1938. It is a story of corruption.
Mobster Influence Inside the International Hod Carriers Union 1938 1959 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,180. Language: English. Published: February 7, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Labor rights, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
My e-book looks at labor racketeering among the Hod Carriers and Common Laborers Union from 1938-1959. Among the most intriguing characters was a former boxer named Anthony Zawalick. Also known as Jack Wallace, he was arrested for disrupting a Socialist rally in June 1938. Syndicated columnist Westbrook Pegler depicts Wallace's infiltration of Hod Carriers Local 17 in Newburgh.
The Endicott, New York Mob Busted by FBI Agents in August 1945 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,390. Language: English. Published: February 4, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Endicott, New York is one of the Triple Cites that comprise Broome County. A January 2, 1944 dice game that was broken up on North Street in Endicott, resulted in the indictments of three men. One of them, Ribello DiAngeli, was originally from Massachusetts. AWOL from the U.S. Army, he was among three men charged by a Broome County grand jury. Two of the perps were Brooklyn residents.
Melvin Jaquith Boston Mobster of the Dickens-Power Gang by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,200. Language: English. Published: February 2, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Apprehended in Gloversville, New York on January 7, 1938, Melvin Jaquith was held in $90,000 bail. A drug store robber, Jaquith was also involved in the New Year's Eve 1937 holdup of an oil company in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Gang leader Sidney Powers was killed by police during the commission of this crime. Jaquith lived a long life. He lived for a time in Texas before moving on to Pinellas, FL.
The Knapp Commission An Investigation of Police Corruption in New York City 1971-1972 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,470. Language: English. Published: January 31, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Law enforcement, Nonfiction » Biography » Law enforcement
My e-book examines the Knapp Commission's 1971 probe of police corruption in the New York Police Department. I've included witness testimony, controversial reaction to the publication, citizen feedback as well as outrage by one New York city alderman about the publication of its findings. Efforts to reform the NYPD had emerged almost as early as its founding in 1844.
An Astoria Honor Policeman Is Indicted For Queens Kidnapping and Safe Robberies March 1957 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,600. Language: English. Published: January 29, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Law enforcement, Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking
On July 31, 1956 James T. Ryan was suspended from the New York Police force. The reason for Ryan's suspension dealt directly with his withholding of key information in the ax murders of two Queens men. Both individuals were suspects in a $30,000 fur hijacking crime. Ozone Park resident James Rocereto and Richard Mike Langhorne were found bludgeoned to death on Manhattan's East Side.
Edward Mishkin Yonkers Porn Dealer 1966 United States Supreme Court Case by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,300. Language: English. Published: January 27, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Editors, journalists, & publishers, Nonfiction » Social Science » Pornography
Edward Mishkin was a rich pornographer who lived in Yonkers. He had a lovely wife and three children. He became an established obscene books dealer as early as 1955. A December 1960 conviction became the first occasion in which Mishkin was punished for selling obscene literature. By the 1970s he had entered the realm of child porn and also showed acts as explicit as defecation and bestiality.
Anthony "The Hook" Getch Gallo Gang Thug Murdered On 51st Street by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,240. Language: English. Published: January 25, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
In August 1963 Anthony Getch was gravely wounded while riding with Gallo gang mobster Louis Mariani. The shooting incident, which killed Mariani, occurred outside a shopping center in Port Jefferson, Long Island. Between 1956-1970 Getch was arrested five times for various crimes. Getch was driving a stolen 1972 Mercury Montego when he was shot three times in the head at 51st St. and 7th Ave.
Harry Davidoff Teamsters/AFL-UAW Labor Union Boss Lucchese Extortionist and Johnny Dio's Mob Associate by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,390. Language: English. Published: January 23, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Labor rights, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
In March 1957 Harry Davidoff was one of three men charged in an alleged extortion of the Special Box and Lumber Company of New York City. Allegedly the trio had extorted $7,002 from the business over a four year timespan. Davidoff, a Lucchese family associate, was intimately connected to mob/labor racketeer Johnny Dio and his boss Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo. Dio dominated Teamsters Local 649.
Bob Lichtman's Manhattan Photo Studio And Other Nude Modeling Revelations by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,280. Language: English. Published: January 21, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Photography - Photo books, Nonfiction » Biography » Artists, architects, & photographers
My e-book profiles multiple nude modeling photographic ventures. An intriguing one depicts the daily routine of 5'9", 130 lb. model Jade Hagen, who was from Kansas. Jade was related to preachers on both sides of her family. She was especially wary of nude images of herself getting back to her relatives in the Midwest. She was especially anxious when a news crew crashed one of her nude shootings.
Fred Harvey Bonadonna Kansas City Mafia Soldier and Mob Deserter by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,220. Language: English. Published: January 19, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws
Kansas City mob soldier Fred Harvey Bonadonna provided key details which law enforcement used to jail KC hoodlum Willie Cammisano on extortion charges. In May 1980 Bonadonna was called as a witness at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing in Washington. Cammisano was brought in from a federal prison cell in Springfield, Missouri. He resorted to the 5th Amendment on numerous occasions.
Peter Variano North Tarrytown, New York Garbage Czar Gambling Racketeer by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,190. Language: English. Published: January 17, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
On December 28, 1962 Peter Variano was one of eleven persons seized during the breakup of two policy banks. The illegal enterprise had grossed $6 million annually in Westchester County, New York. In March 1970 a New York State trooper working as a double agent penetrated a gambling ring managed by Variano and Genovese soldier Nick Rattenni. This ring was active in Yonkers and Rockland County.
New York State Troopers Arrested In Gambling Sting March 1970 Links To Genovese Crime Syndicate by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,810. Language: English. Published: January 15, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Four New York State troopers arrested during the breakup of a lucrative gambling ring were once connected to Troop K in Hawthorne. Two garbage barons, Nicholas Rattenni and Peter Variano were lynchpins of the criminal syndicate. Rattenni was active as a Genovese family soldier. Variano had an arrest record dating to 1961, when he pleaded guilty to violating the federal gambling stamp wagering act.
Irving Velson Brooklyn Navy Yard Longshoremen Official Mafia-Soviet Union Liaison by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,270. Language: English. Published: January 13, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime, Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Labor rights
More than once Irving Velson denied his affiliation with the Communist Party as well as any relationship he had with known Communists like Alger Hiss. Nevertheless labor union observers cited Velson as a friend of toughs and an active union/communist organizer. Writer Victor Riesel believed Velson was influential from coast to coast, and also in Hawaii. He was expelled from Local 13 in Brooklyn.
Pasquale "Patty Mack" Macchiarole Genovese Family Caporegime Queens Nightclub Extortionist and Murderer by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,170. Language: English. Published: January 11, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
An April 25, 1972 indictment named Brooklyn truck driver Thomas DeLio, Robert Grimaldi, of Fresh Meadows, Queens, and Ralph Jacobsen of Jericho as the murderers of Cloud Room manager Conrad Greaves. My e-book looks at Greaves' murder, an elaborate extortion ring and a betting operation that was prominent in the New York City area in the 1960s and 1970s. Pasquale Macchariole was connected to both.
Joseph Magnasco Gallo Mobster Murdered In Brooklyn October 4, 1961 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,080. Language: English. Published: January 9, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
On October 4, 1961 Gallo mobster Joseph Magnasco was killed in front of the College Restaurant on 4th Avenue in Brooklyn. Within fifteen minutes after the shooting the Gallo brothers were rounded up at their 51 President Street, Direct Vending Corporation headquarters. Arrested eleven times during his criminal career, he had been imprisoned for armed robbery. He was on his way to visit his mother.
Cold War Sex And Crime A U.S. Diplomat's Affair With A Polish Escapee by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,170. Language: English. Published: January 9, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Communism & socialism, Nonfiction » True Crime » Espionage
In October 1961 newspapers published details of the trial of American diplomat Irvin Scarbeck. He was formerly the second secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland. Scarbeck's legal troubles centered around a Polish national, Ursula Discher. He'd helped the woman escape from Warsaw to Frankfurt, West Germany. To do so he'd had to hand over classified papers from the embassy.
Murder and Extortion Profaci-Gallo Mob War 1961-1962 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,360. Language: English. Published: January 6, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Retaliating for the near garroting of Larry Gallo in Brooklyn's Sahara Club, the Gallo brothers took five members of the Profaci family hostage. The gangland war between Profaci and Gallo factions also eliminated businessmen like Manhattan restaurant owner Morton Rosenberg. In April 1961 Rosenberg's dead body was discovered in Brooklyn near an area used by Mafia associates to dump bodies.
Mob Hit In Red Hook, Brooklyn 4 Puerto Rican Longshoremen Are Gunned Down July 9, 1928 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,350. Language: English. Published: January 4, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
My e-book focuses on the murders/wounding of four Puerto Rican longshoremen who were victims of a July 9, 1928 drive by shooting. Many crime observers think that the men were shot because of misidentity. The Red Hook section of Brooklyn had been dominated by gangster Frankie Yale, who was closely associated with Brooklyn/Chicago mobster Al Capone. The victims may have been part of the drug trade.
Benajmin Kanowitz Washington Heights Fruit Dealer and Bootlegger Killed By a Mafia Bomb July 1, 1928 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,310. Language: English. Published: January 2, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
The July 1, 1928 car bombing murder of Benjamin Kanowitz was one many racketeering/mob related deaths that occurred in the summer of 1928. Kanowitz murder was prompted by his association to Celia Meltzer and Mafioso Frankie Yale. On the same day that Kanowitz was slain Yale was killed when rival thugs overtook his car on a Brooklyn street. Police found him bullet ridden in the seat of his Lincoln.
Vito Gurino Assassin For Murder Inc. by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,440. Language: English. Published: December 31, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Vito Gurino was a colleague of such infamous assassins as Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss and Harry "Happy" Maione. The three men were hit men for Murder Inc, a Brooklyn based murder for hire outfit that was fronted by a candy store. My e-book focuses on the 1940-1942 era, when Vito was charged with three murders. On March 23, 1942 he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Nassau County Court.
Joseph Florino Albert Anastasia Associate Murder Inc. Hit Man on the Brooklyn Waterfront by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,650. Language: English. Published: December 29, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws
Joseph Florino was a Murder Inc. associate who acquired a reputation as a crack marksman. Murder Inc. was based in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. Vito Gurino, a crony of Florino and Anastasia, was a hit man for Murder Inc. Florino and Anastasia became targets of Kings County District attorney William O'Dwyer. He focused on them even more in the wake of dock leader Peter Panto's 1939 murder.
Anthony Ficarotta Genovese Family Soldier by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,210. Language: English. Published: December 27, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Genovese soldier Anthony Ficarotta was one of three criminals arrested for theft by New Jersey police. The thefts included a $3,600 mink coat taken from a car parked on the New Jersey Turnpike. By late October 1966 Queens D.A. Nat Hentel was conducting an extensive investigation of organized crime. The Queens' D.A. and a Kew Gardens' justice bickered over key witness Vincent Siciliano.
James Cardinal Gibbons Prince of the Catholic Church by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,250. Language: English. Published: December 25, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Catholicism, Nonfiction » Biography » Religious biography
Cardinal Gibbons was active as a priest, bishop, archbishop and Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He lived a spartan and thoroughly arduous existence in Wilmington, NC before he was transferred to the Richmond, Virginia diocese in July 1872. While in Richmond he helped establish twenty-four churches and twenty-six schools. He became Archbishop of Baltimore after James Bayley became an invalid.
Carl "Tuffy" DeLuna Kansas City Mafia Underboss by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,180. Language: English. Published: December 23, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Kansas City Mafia Underboss Carl DeLuna was a heavy handed thug who coerced San Diego businessman/Las Vegas Casino owner Allen R. Glick to sell his stake in the Stardust Hotel. Basically DeLuna offered Glick the single option of an offer to buy from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). An investigation conducted by FBI agents discovered that organized crime was behind the hotel sale.
Thomas DeBrizzi Connecticut Mobster/Gambino Caporegime John Gotti Ordered His Murder by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,130. Language: English. Published: December 21, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Gambino member George Remini begged syndicate boss John Gotti to demote Thomas DeBrizzi from the rank of capo to soldier rather than kill him. In the end DeBrizzi's assassination owed much to Gotti's directive that he was sending a message to other Gambino associates. DeBrizzi had defied three separate orders to come to New York City and meet with Gotti and other higher ups.
Nicholas Rattenni Yonkers Garbage Industry Businessman Genovese Family Soldier by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,620. Language: English. Published: December 19, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Nicholas Rattenni's name was linked with Yonkers councilman Frank Adamo and city manager Frederick Adler. On one occasion the men met for lunch and discussed the awarding of Yonkers city contracts. Testifying before a New York State Investigation committee, Adamo confirmed that the Yonkers city charter forbade intervention by city councilmen, in the awarding of contracts. Adamo was also a teacher.
Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi And Boston's Winter Hill Gang by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,340. Language: English. Published: December 17, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen Flemmi were murdering partners in Boston's notorious Winter Hill Gang. Bulger and Flemmi were a criminal tandem for twenty-five years. At one point the two gangsters teamed together to kill businessman Roger Wheeler in a Tulsa, Oklahoma parking lot. Bulger's criminal organization had moved in to try and take control of Wheeler's World Jai Alai firm.
Jean Arthur Rimbaud French Poet, Soldier, Adventurer and Merchant by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,310. Language: English. Published: December 15, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Literary biography, Nonfiction » Children's Books » Biography & Autobiography / Literary
An extremely bright youth, Arthur Rimbaud translated Roman Latin poetry into French during the time he was writing his own poetry. His poetry is considered among the finest produced in France since his famed predecessor Charles Pierre Baudelaire. After abruptly quitting his poetry writing at 19, Rimbaud became a soldier and later an adventurer. For an extended time he was a merchant in Abyssinia.
Amedeo Modigliani Bohemian Artist of Paris by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,560. Language: English. Published: December 13, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Art history » Modern (late 19th Century–1945), Nonfiction » Children's Books » Biography & Autobiography / Art
Amedeo Modigliani was a sickly youth who developed typhoid fever as a teen in Italy. Before coming to Paris in 1906 he made earlier stops in Amalfi, Capri, Rome, Venice and Florence. My e-book makes reference to a number of sources including a biography published by the painter's daughter Jeanne Modigliani. Jeanne disputes many of the myths that surrounded her father, who died in Paris in 1920.
Discriminatory Cases Involving Nudism Profiles of U.S. Nudist Camps, Circa 1959 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,250. Language: English. Published: December 11, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Current affairs, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Photography - Photo books
My e-book considers nudist regulations and court cases that occurred in the twentieth century. A Los Angeles woman who ran a nudist resort in the San Fernando Valley area was prosecuted when men and women were found together at the facility. Unfortunately, the director had unknowingly admitted a policeman and a policewoman as members. She was convicted for permitting mixed nudism.
Nick Circella Chicago Mobster Labor Union Racketeer by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,030. Language: English. Published: December 9, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
The February 1943 torch murder of Chicago nightclub dice girl Estelle Carey brought Nick Circella's name back in news headlines. Carey, who was Circella's mistress, lived in a an Addison Street apartment on the North Side. Her killer(s) brutally murdered her using a combo of an ice pick, a broken whiskey bottle and a black jack. Police found her strangled and burned to death.
Charles Fischetti Chicago Mobster Cousin of Al Capone by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,300. Language: English. Published: December 7, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime
Crime historians credit Charles Fischetti's rapid rise in the Chicago Outfit to his cousin Al Capone, the boss of crime in the Windy City. My e-book looks at Charles Fischetti's struggles with the IRS over money that he earned in 1936 and 1937. Central to my text are the Fischetti brothers ties to west coast mobsters Johnny Roselli and Jack Dragna. Both Fischettis were involved in labor rackets.
Millard Fillmore Whig Party Leader President of the United States by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,400. Language: English. Published: December 5, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Children's Books » Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & First Families (U.S.), Nonfiction » History » North America » USA
Millard Fillmore was a Whig Party leader who rose to prominence as the controller of New York State. He idolized Henry Clay, a most prominent Whig Party leader of the era. Fillmore was an admirable man who seldom lashed out at opponents or people who provoked him. His ascendance in politics reads like a Horatio Alger story. His childhood was poverty stricken. He moved from Aurora to Buffalo.
A German Military Plot To Assassinate Adolph Hitler Operation Valkyrie July 20, 1944 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,200. Language: English. Published: December 3, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Children's Books » History / Military & Wars, Nonfiction » History » Military » Military / World War II
On Wednesday, July 26, 1944, German radio broadcast the names of the conspirators who planned the aborted assassination attempt on Adolph Hitler. The plan was carried out as Operation Valkyrie on July 20, 1944. Hitler had only just finished his meeting with Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. The most prominent conspirator was Claus von Stauffenberg. The bomb detonated 24 hours after the meeting.
Eusebius Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine Christian Historian by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,670. Language: English. Published: December 1, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Biblical Biography / New Testament
Eusebius is an early Christian Church father who is most highly regarded for his ten-volume history of the Christianity. A great point of debate is the validity of a letter that was purportedly written by Christ to King Agbarus, a Roman civil servant. Agbarus, or Agbar the Black was afflicted with a sickness for which there was no known cure. He wrote Jesus imploring him to heal him.
Theodosia Burr Alston Was She Captured By Pirates Off the North Carolina Coast? December 30, 1812 by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,150. Language: English. Published: November 29, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » North America » USA, Nonfiction » Children's Books » History / United States / 19th Century
My e-book considers several accounts of Theodosia Burr Alston's tragic disappearance on December 30, 1812. The small schooner Patriot had left Georgetown, South Carolina, bound for New York, where Theodosia was to visit her father Aaron Burr. A villainous person in American history, Aaron was once tried for treason for attempting to separate the United States. Mystery surrounds Theodosia's demise.
Fra Angelico Dominican Monk And Early Renaissance Painter by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,190. Language: English. Published: November 27, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Art history » Renaissance, Nonfiction » Children's Books » Art / History
Italian art historian Giorgio Vasari described Fra Angelico as an artist who possessed "a rare and perfect talent". Fra used brilliant blues, reds, greens and golds in his paintings. These hues embellished the religious characters which were his subjects, almost exclusively. My ebook was researched using mostly 19th and early 20th century newspapers. One Angelico painting was found in N. Carolina.
Mollie Parnis Fashion Designer For First Ladies And Celebrities by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,330. Language: English. Published: November 25, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Children's Books » Clothing & Dress, Nonfiction » Biography » Woman biographies
New York designer Mollie Parnis dressed three important U.S. First Ladies in her unique and coveted dress designs. The First Ladies were Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Mamie Eisenhower and Lady Bird Johnson. An art enthusiast and collector, the Metropolitan Art Museum was among the museums that asked to borrow her paintings. She owned several masterpieces. Celebrities also loved Parnis' designs.
Willie Bioff Theatrical Unions, Walt Disney Strikers, and Film Industry Extortion by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,600. Language: English. Published: November 22, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Organized crime, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws
A native of Chicago, Willie Bioff went to Hollywood as special representative for George Browne, President of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees. In November 1941 Browne and Bioff were both convicted of extorting money from motion picture industry executives. Bioff was also immersed in key negotiations between Walt Disney film workers and Roy Disney.
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