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 […]
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.
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 […]
“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 […]
“[Jimmy Hoffa’s] mention of legal problems in New Orleans translated into his insistence that Carlos Marcello arrange another meeting with Partin, despite my warning that dealing with Partin was fruitless and dangerous.” “He wanted me to get cracking on the interview with Partin. In June, Carlos sent word that a meeting with Partin was imminent […]
“We can report that Edward G. Partin has been under investigation by the New Orleans District Attorney’s Office in connection with the Kennedy Assassination investigation… based on an exclusive interview with an Assistant District Attorney in Jim Garrison’s office. We can report that Partin’s activities have been under scrutiny. In his words: “We know that […]