American Legacy Collection is a book of short stories written in two parts. The first portion links the stories of four young friends who grow up together and go through a series of adventures as students in school and on into later life. It depicts their mischief, their industriousness (yes), their intellect, their love for each other, the military service of two of them and, finally, their tragic deaths as young adults. The most popular of the boys meets a mysterious death officially ruled a suicide -- or was it murder? ...
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American Legacy Collection is a book of short stories written in two parts. The first portion links the stories of four young friends who grow up together and go through a series of adventures as students in school and on into later life. It depicts their mischief, their industriousness (yes), their intellect, their love for each other, the military service of two of them and, finally, their tragic deaths as young adults. The most popular of the boys meets a mysterious death officially ruled a suicide -- or was it murder? The second part of the manuscript is a potpourri of short stories on many topics. These include the author sharing a pizza with Fidel Castro, a new, summarized version of the Challenger disaster, a comical takeoff on a Miami federal trial for mobster Meyer Lansky, a detailed report about Trinity Site in New Mexico where the first atomic bomb was tested, a bizarre kidnapping in Santo Domingo, a funny Christmas dinner in Fidel Castro's Cuba in the 1960s, a real character at Walt Disney World and a tear-jerker Christmas story from the little town of Christmas. Florida, USA. There are others, plus a few short poems within several of the pieces. The author is Isaac M. Flores, also known as Ike Flores. who worked for The Associated Press for more than 35 years. While there, he was a staff writer, and an editor on the General, Latin American and Foreign desks in New York. He became a foreign correspondent during the time of Fidel Castro in Cuba and then headed bureaus in Lisbon, Portugal, and Sao Paulo, Brazil. He later covered the Caribbean and the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral. In retirement from AP, he was a senior writer for Lockheed-Martin, defense contractor in Orlando. He has written six books. He has a home in Winter Park, Florida, and currently resides in Greeensboro, North Carolina. His email address is isaacmanuelflores@outlook.com. Telephone 336 285-7315.
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