Black Leather and Blue Denim, A '50s Novel (436 pages) describes an intense ongoing turf/power struggle between two determined '50s suburban Philadelphia' greaser gangs, the Diablos and Kamikazes. The K's are a band of ruthless thugs that take pride in terrorizing eggheads ('50s nerds), jocks and other greasers. The D's are organized to protect its membership from the ruthless, racist redneck Kamikazes. J.W. has "a crush" on Angie Palermo, the attractive daughter of a local Mafia drug and pornography distributor. A series of pranks between the D's and the K's quickly escalate into life-threatening situations. More trouble arises when Quinn, leader of the Diablos, befriends Marcus Spellman, a young black mechanic who works on the engine of Quinn's '42 black Ford coupe. Quinn invites Marcus to join the Diablos, and this event causes internal strife within the Diablos and external conflict with the racist Kamikazes. Black Leather and Blue Denim is an important work because it exposes the '50s as a decade in American history loaded with racism, sexism and male chauvinism. The novel is funny and at times tragic and sad. BL&BD is an adventurous exciting story that is also a nostalgic look back at an age of innocence where the so-called "Happy Days" might have been just as dangerous for teens as young adult life is today.A sequel to Black Leather and Blue Denim has been written by Jay Dubya. The book is titled "The Great Teen Fruit War, A 1960' Novel," and seven chapters (first draft) can be read at authorsden.com under the category Action/Thriller, Short Stories.BL&BD is now available in both Microsoft Reader and Adobe pdf at http://www.cyberread.com/authors/dubya.aspThe Great Teen Fruit War, A 1960' Novel has just been e-published by ebookstand.com (Action/Thriller on company's Category Menu).http://www.ebookstand.com/m/jaydubya8 BL&BD is now available at Mobipocket Store (Adventure) and at Amazon, Borders and Barnes and Noble online stores (type in Jay Dubya). BL&BD has already achieved a high Sales Ranking at Amazon.com and is popular at Amazon Japan and Amazon UK. BL&BD recently came out in hardcover edition. Black Leather and Blue Denim is the first book of an action/adventure trilogy followed by The Great Teen Fruit War, A 1960 Novel and Frat' Brats, A '60s Novel.
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Contents
Chapter 1 “Forty-one Years Later” 1
Chapter 2 “The Diablos” 11
Chapter 3 “Déjà Vu” 17
Chapter 4 “The Feed Bag and the Dairy DeLite” 23
Chapter 5 “The Letter” 33
Chapter 6 “Dogwood Hollow” (1954-‘55) 43
Chapter 7 “Signs of Trouble” (1956) 57
Chapter 8 “Black and Blue” (1957) 67
Chapter 9 “Greaser Pranks” (1958) 75
Chapter 10 “Pomeroy’s” 83
Chapter 11 “The Phone Booth” 87
Chapter 12 “Carnie’s Frustration” 93
Chapter 13 “Labor Day Humiliation” 101
Chapter 14 “Spits, Worm and Phil Jackson” 109
Chapter 15 “Cardinal Reagan High” 119
Chapter 16 “Quinn’s Speech” 137
Chapter 17 “Ambushed” 143
Chapter 18 “More Kamikaze Aggression” 149
Chapter 19 “Tink’s Tinkerin” 159
Chapter 20 “Angie and Bubbles” 165
Chapter 21 “Tinker Gets Rollin’” 171
Chapter 22 “High School Hi Jinks” 177
Chapter 23 “Looking for UFOs” 185
Chapter 24 “66 Daffodil Lane” 195
Chapter 25 “The Horse Race Game” 201
Chapter 26 “The Diablo Raid” 209
Chapter 27 “The Two Fires” 215
Chapter 28 “Tinker’s Tactics” 225
Chapter 29 “Bo’s Project” 235
Chapter 30 “The Reagan Prom” 245
Chapter 31 “Carnie Never Learns” 251
Chapter 32 “The June Carnival” 257
Chapter 33 “Tinker Pours It On” 267
Chapter 34 “A Full Moon” 273
Chapter 35 “The Windsor Pharmacy Debacle” 279
Chapter 36 “Ring-a-Ding-Ding” 287
Chapter 37 “Tinker Goes Bonkers” 295
Chapter 38 “Letting-off Steam” 305
Chapter 39 “The Drag Race” 311
Chapter 40 “The Quarry Fight” 319
Chapter 41 “A Little Huckstering” 329
Chapter 42 “The Andalusia Drive-in” 337
Chapter 43 “Mr. Sandman Turns Pyromaniac” 343
Chapter 44 “Quinn Gets Involved” 351
Chapter 45 “The Pocono Mountains Foray” 361
Chapter 46 “In the Spotlight” 367
Chapter 47 “The Atlantic City Boardwalk” 373
Chapter 48 “The Blueberry Farm Rematch” 381
Chapter 49 “Bo Goes to College” 387
Chapter 50 “Tinkermania” 393
Chapter 51 “The Pomeroy’s Affair” 399
Chapter 52 “Carnie’s Blarney” 407
Chapter 53 “Tragedy” 413
Chapter 54 “43 Deepgreen Lane” 423
Chapter 55 “California Dreamin” 429
Chapter 56 “The Corvette Diner” 433
Chapter 57 “Several Final Surprises” 447
