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Historical Context of St. James Park
St. James Park  is an historical novel about San Jose and its environs, a region that existed long before there was a phenomenon called...
The San Jose Trilogy
St. James Park will be published by Koehler Books in August 2025 and is the first novel of a planned triptych about dreams conjured and...
Bootleggers!!
During Prohibition, a state official once complained there were more illegal distilleries in operation in Santa Clara County than in any...
Gangsters in San Jose
Swirling around the Brooke Hart kidnapping was a belief that such a horrendous crime must have originated outside of their community. It...
The Brutality of San Jose's Cannery System
Long before there was a Silicon Valley, Santa Clara Valley was known for another industry. It was home of the fruit and vegetable food...
The park that inspired the novel: ST. JAMES PARK
St. James Park is the name of my forthcoming novel about a 1933 kidnapping. Many scenes take place in this park. St. James Park has been...
San Jose's Shame: The 1933 Lynching
The novel, St. James Park, reflects actual events that occurred in San Jose in 1933. Brooke Hart, was a recent graduate of the then...
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