Christina French: 2 books

The book contains twenty-one true stories about different kinds of predators. Some of these tales are very short; some are more lengthy and involved. There are seemingly harmless encounters initially, which take a more menacing turn. Some are of a more terrifying nature. All are true, and they served to caution this author to always take precautions, but sometimes that isnt enough.

As a writer who, beginning in the 1930s, gave voice to the ordinary man and woman, Steinbeck came to be the conscience of America. He witnessed and recorded with clarity much of the political and social upheaval of the 20th century: the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam. Yet his...