This is not a coming-of-age story; it rather picks up a heroine who has come and tests her awareness against changing experience. The internal structure is based on sequential action, one episode flowing into the next. It becomes the story of an originally naive young woman who, breaking into the sex scene, indulges to the full, silently acquiring a take-on-the-next attitude of the hedonist. Publicly, she becomes a force, a woman looked up to in town, who seems destined to be in conflict with the locally intimidating fat Tony (Dimmallo) who wants it known he's Mafia, an implicit claim that she infers is bogus-though he remains nonetheless feared. He acquires wealth, mostly in legitimate businesses (illegal when necessary) and exploits his Puerto Rican farmhands.

Product Description: The general opinion of Warren Harding is that he has been justly ranked as the "Worst" of our Presidents, based largely on the corruption that was brought to light after his death. The truth is, however, that he had no personal involvement in any of the scandals perpetrated by members of his Administration, some of whom, like Jess Smith, an unofficial aid to the Attorney General, engaged in notorious grafting that often netted six figure rewards...read more

Product Description: This WW II novel revolves around the experience of a callow youth destined to join the Fourth Infantry Division in H¿rtgen Forest. The narrative traces the bonded ties of six comrades in arms, three of whom are killed and three wounded...read more