Chuck Swanberg ends the rampage
My blog post this week highlights one of the crucial witnesses I interviewed for my book: Officer Chuck Swanberg was one of the three...
Kitty O'Rourke, CopyKat Editing LLC
In this week’s blog I talk about Kitty O’Rourke, the editor for my book. Early on in the process of putting Rampage along Route 66...
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Blue Miller
The blog post this week is a tip of my hat to my friend Blue Miller from the East Coast of England. Blue was kind enough to write the...
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Ken Riedemann
The blog post this week is about the sources of information from Grants that I used as I researched my book – Rampage along Route 66. I...
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Patrick Lynch
Patrick Lynch is the witness I wished I had located prior to publishing the first edition of my book. He had information that was truly...
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Sgt. Bob Harvey
I mentioned in my blog post last week that my next few posts would be to highlight some of the people who helped me as I researched the...
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Detective Rick Jackson, LAPD
I was away from my blog for a few weeks while I did a book promotional tour in Arizona and New Mexico. It was an interesting experience...
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Book Tour
Next week I begin my book promotional tour in Arizona and New Mexico. Here is my planned itinerary: April 4th - Flagstaff, AZ April 5th -...
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Ft. Courage and Van de Kamp's Revisited
March 20, 2022: The photograph this week is from a 1970 postcard showing Fort Courage and the Van de Kamp’s Restaurant in Houck, Arizona....
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Book Giveaway Winners
Announcing the winners of the drawing for signed copies of my book, Rampage along Route 66. Congratulations to Sabrina from Chandler,...
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Promotional Tour
March 11, 2022: Isn’t this a great photo? My editor, Kitty O’Rourke of CopyKat Editing LLC, staged it for Instagram. Even though the...
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Book Giveaway
This website is the place to sign up for a drawing for a signed copy of my book. As I ramp up preparations for my book signing tour along...
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Gallery Updated
The gallery on my website has been updated and now contains 44 photographs and captions, many not published in the book. This photograph...
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Honoring Jim Keeton and Don Beckstead
February 5, 2022: Today, I honor two slain Arizona highway patrolmen. Fifty-one years ago today, all hell broke loose on a stretch of...
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The Whiting Brothers gas station and the murder scene in Gallup
The story-related picture this week is of an old Whiting Brothers service station located in West Gallup, New Mexico at 3120 W. Historic...
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License Plate Sparks Crime Wave
This story pivoted on a stolen license plate. An investigation over the errant license plate was the catalyst to a one hour-long...
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The Devil's Highway
For some ambiance, I recommend listening to the song Route 666 on You Tube in the background while you are reading the post this week....
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Scene of the Second Shooting
Right after Christmas, I posted a Google street view of the area where Officer Keeton was parked when he was shot, almost 3/4 of a mile...
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Title Page Image
I hope everyone had a very nice Christmas. For those who bought my book, thank you very much. This is the first of several weekly...
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Holding my book for the first time
So, it is finally here, my first copy of the book. Notice the band "not for resale" across the front of the book, that is because it is...
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