Robert Grey Reynolds Jr: 502 books

My father was a boatswain's mate-pipefitter seaman aboard the U.S.S. Hyman DD-732, a Sumner Class Destroyer. The ship was stationed largely in the Pacific Theater for much of World War II. My father remembers hearing stories of a Japanese Kamikaze plane crashing into one of the ship's smokestacks....

Joseph Canepi Jr. was the son of one of the earliest Italians to settle in Yonkers, New York. Joseph Canepi Sr. was a contractor and wealthy citizen whose business he passed on to his son. Joseph Jr. became involved involved in many shady dealings during his business career. Among these was a 1932...

Robert "Big Bob" McCullough was a hit man for Al Capone's Chicago Outfit. Later he served as a policeman for several prominent race organizations. Specifically, these were the Miami Beach Kennel Club and the Sportsman's Park racetrack in Chicago. McCullough came under scrutiny following...

Of the 17th century French explorers of North America, La Salle was among the most ambitious. The Griffon or Griffin was a ship that was built from the white oak trees native to the Niagara Falls region. My e-book looks at La Salle's embassies to the Seneca Indians and their capitol Tagarondies...

Enrico Caruso died nearly one hundred years ago yet his legend has continued to grow over what is almost a century. Among his greatest legacies is the hard work ethic that he used to reach the top of his profession as an operatic tenor. His son, Enrico Jr., stressed what a hard worker his father was,...

Gabriel "Kelly" Mannarino was a Mafioso closely associated with Pittsburgh mobster John La Rocca and Florida crime boss Santos Trafficante Jr. Mannarino was part owner of Havana's Sans Souci nightclub in the pre-Fidel Castro era. Based in southwestern Pennsylvania Gabriel was also involved...

In November 1953 American Federation of Labor boss William DeKoning Sr. and eight other union officials were indicted for extortion of money from building contractors in Hempstead, Mineola and other Long Island cities. The builders were forced to contribute to a union defense fund or accept the appointment...

June Byers came into female wrestling in the late 1940s and ended her career in the early 1960s. An aggressive wrestler with a fine build for her sport, she was an all-around athlete originally from Houston, Texas. Her uncle trained her to wrestle and she soon made the necessary contacts to enter...

Joe Bonanno Sr. was aging in the late 1960s. Finally the boss of one of New York's five notorious crime families retired to Tucson, Arizona. He left New York for a desert home following a severe heart attack. Joe's sons, Salvatore "Bill" Bonanno and Joseph Bonanno Jr. were indicted for extortion....

Robert Green "Bob" Harmon was a right-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals during what is known as the dead ball era of modern major league baseball. In the two seasons in which he won a total of 41 games, 1911-1912, he was the equal of the best pitchers of his era. On one afternoon...

My e-book considers a number of cases of booksellers and magazine dealers being arrested on obscenity charges. The most well-known of these was eventually decided in the United States Supreme Court. This case involved Times Square bookseller Louis Finkelstein who marketed the notorious serial "Nights...

Everett Shinn was a member of the Ashcan Art School and the Westport, Connecticut art colony. Most often his artistic themes dealt with the theater in New York, London and Paris. In 1928 his painting, "The Sexless Nude", was one of many works by various artists featured at an exhibit given by the...

Fred Trump was a visionary builder of homes in an era when homes were built with quality. He turned at as many as 300 homes at a time in Brooklyn neighborhoods during from the late 1930s through the 1950s. He built Trump Village somewhat afterward in the early 1960s. My e-book looks at his life from...

Jack Sharkey fought Primo Carnera at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn in 1931. His left hook decked the Italian giant and he won the bout comfortably. Several years later the two boxers met again, this time at the Garden Bowl in Long Island City. Many things had changed between the two fights. Carnera was...