I'm the author of the upcoming book "Bath Massacre: America's First School Bombing." This is the true story of America's deadliest act of school violence, which took place in Bath, Michigan on May 18, 1927. A school trustee wired the Bath Consolidated School with 500 pounds of explosives, killing 38 children and six adults. He blew himself up...more »

I'm the author of the upcoming book "Bath Massacre: America's First School Bombing." This is the true story of America's deadliest act of school violence, which took place in Bath, Michigan on May 18, 1927. A school trustee wired the Bath Consolidated School with 500 pounds of explosives, killing 38 children and six adults. He blew himself up (taking several people with him), burned down his farm, and killed his wife. The event made world headlines, then was forgotten three days later when Charles Lindbergh made his solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. "Bath Massacre" will be published in April 2009.

I'm the author of three books on Chicago history, published by Lake Claremont Press. Yes, you'll find them on my shelf:

* Hollywood on Lake Michigan: 100 Years of Chicago and the Movies (Introduction by George Tillman, Jr.)
* "The Movies Are" Carl Sandburg's Film Reviews & Essays, 1920-1927 (Introduction by Roger Ebert)
* The Hoofs and Guns of the Storm: Chicago's Civil War Connections (Foreword by Senator Paul Simon

I love reading love good biography & history, excellent fiction and nonfiction.
I'm a voracious (and ferocious) reader and can't even begin to list all my reading loves in this miniscule space. I'm usually found with book in hand, and often times juggling three books at once. I'm always looking to talk with other readers and writers.

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