When a pretty girl at the beach passed you had to imagine more then you could see.
When a matter of race had something to do with a track.
When you held your partner close when you danced.
When the usual four letter word heard in a song was ‘love’
When radio talk shows were ‘Jack Benny 'and ‘The Lone Ranger.’
When the ‘Yankee Dollar’ was respected and demanded by the world.
When a Cadillac was a symbol of wealth and gas was fifty cents a gallon.
When dinner was eaten at noon and supper after work at five oclock.
When passing grades in school were earned by the students and not given just to move them up and out of the system.
When Hollywood made movies without under- the –cover- thrashing around scenes, and movies without foul language and movies without restroom urination activity.
When the most recognized drugs known to most were aspirin and alka seltzer.
When street gangs were a bunch of boys choosing up sides for baseball.
When the word ‘gay’ meant happy or cheerful
When the government had programs called CCC (civilian conservation core) , and the WPA (work progress administration) which gave people jobs with self respect instead of third generation welfare families.
When the President and the Congress were looked at with respect.
Deputy Dave Jenkins investigates the murder of local high school principal, Jerry Egge, but this is a multi-faceted novel that deals with spiritualism, romance, friendship, and children who fall through the cracks.
"Murder isn't usually this
Major League ballplayer Justin Moore is kidnapped from his own ballpark and transported to a foreign land. It might take high-level international negotiations to free him. Or maybe he will take matters into his own hands.
