Entries by jasonpartin

01 March 2019

But then came the killing shot that was to nail me to the cross. Edward Grady Partin. And Life magazine once again was Robert Kenedy’s tool. He figured that, at long last, he was going to dust my ass and he wanted to set the public up to see what a great man he was […]

O1 March 2019

But then came the killing shot that was to nail me to the cross. Edward Grady Partin. And Life magazine once again was Robert Kenedy’s tool. He figured that, at long last, he was going to dust my ass and he wanted to set the public up to see what a great man he was […]

Preface

Ten months after President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed, my grandfather was the surprise witness who sent Jimmy Hoffa to prison. Hoffa fought my grandfather’s testimony all the way to the Supreme Court, and his army of lawyers dug up evidence to discredit my grandfather, showing letters from generals of Fidel Castro, thanking […]

Prefac

Ten months after President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed, my grandfather was the surprise witness who sent Jimmy Hoffa to prison. Hoffa fought my grandfather’s testimony all the way to the Supreme Court, and his army of lawyers dug up evidence to discredit my grandfather, showing letters from generals of Fidel Castro, thanking […]

A pain in the back

The alleged shooter of a major healthcare insurance company’s CEO posted complaints about his back pain and fusion surgery before allegedly (we live in a country of innocence until guilt by trial) shooting someone perceived to be in power.

Preface: A Part in History

My goal is to publish a narrative memoir that crosses genres and demographics, and can become other forms of media, like film, to facilitate a global conversation. I’m using feedback to write and rewrite a query letter to literary agents, but I don’t yet have a quick elevator-pitch, a summary delivered in the time it takes […]

Havana 2

“Partin was a big tough-looking man with an extensive criminal record as a youth. Hoffa misjudged the man and thought that because he was big and tough and had a criminal record and was out on bail and was from Louisiana, the home states of Carlos Marcello, the man must have been a guy who […]