From the famed mystery writer, Carl Addison Swanson, comes a touching story of the "Wonder Years," the summer of 1960 in Westport, Connecticut. Follow the exploits of the Alfred E. Newman look-a-like, Justin Carmichael, in his coming of age saga and the ups and downs of being twelve years old in a changing world. The novel will make you laugh, cry and remember the trying times of growing up and your first love. A must read for any member of the Boomer Generation and a good glimpse for any reader to the realities of our past.
Carl Adddison Swanson, the award winning author of the Hush McCormick series, which includes the best selling mystery novel "Fat People Are Harder to Kidnap," soon to be a major motion picture, is out with a sequel to his much acclaimed "Double Parked in the Twilight Zone: Summer of 1960." The reader's favorite protagonist, Justin Carmichael, is back, seven years later, in college in the fall of 1967. He faces the disillusionment of academic expectations as well as the social downfalls of dating while emerged in an environment of racial unrest, the Vietnam War and a social revolution in this country. Often funny with sad moments, "Free Fall in a No-Fly Zone: Fall of 1967" will illuminate your memories of the sixties and endear you to the endless wit of the main character along with the usual cast of Swanson misfits.
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- Compiled and written by Model Railroader senior editor Carl Swanson, graduate of West Virginia's Woodland School of Photography - Introduction by Doug Riddell, locomotive engineer - Ideal for rail enthusiasts, history buffs, and anyone with an appreciation for evocative black-and-white photography - Supported by national advertising in Trains and Classic Trains Magazines
Death is Hereditary: Ten Tall Tales" is a wide variety of short stories, with varied narratives, depicting the various motivations for death from money to greed to revenge to sickness and old age. Written by the famed mystery writer Carl Addison Swanson, the stories are vivid, illuminating and many startling. With his quick wit and daring prose, Swanson will keep you spellbound as well as entertained. A must read for all you Hush McCormick fans ("Fat People are Harder to Kidnap," "Sorry Don't Pay the Bulldog" and "Pig in a Poke") as the character appears in one short story. From the shocking to the bitter sweet, this piece of work is one great read.
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