Book Review by John Davis The Million-Dollar Man Who Helped Kill a President, by Christopher Lyle McIlwain, Sr.; Savas Beatie LLC: California; $32.95, hardback (available on Amazon) A more thoroughly researched true mystery you’ll never read. George Washington Gayle and the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln is no marginal revisionist history. …
Article Written by John Davis You’d be excused if you were shocked by the wanderings of a major American monument. What if the Statue of Liberty was hauled out to a carnival, or the St. Louis Arch was made into a giant slingshot? Upsetting, no? Even worse, what if …
Whatever happened to Windsor? Article Written by John Davis As a high school student I spent summers in Port Gibson, Mississippi. This is a charming little town which survived the Civil War when General Grant is said to have commented, “This town is too beautiful to burn.” His army marched …
Book Review by John Davis The Atlas Obscura’s Explorer’s Guide for The World’s Most Adventurous Kid, by Dylan Thuras and Rosemary Mosco; Workman Publishing: New York; $13.49, hardback: Available on Amazon If I could give one gift to every kid I meet, it would be curiosity. A curious kid will …
Article Written by John Davis At the dawn of the 20th Century Ambrose Bierce was one of the most famous writers in America. Even today, his “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is known to readers and media viewers of all ages. He wrote famously for the Hearst newspapers throughout his …
Article Written by John Davis Elijah P. Lovejoy was a man of deep, almost puritanical faith. Born in Maine on the 9th of November, 1802, he was later educated as a school teacher. As he set off into the world, however, he failed at every teaching job he tried. …
Mystery Solved of Lost Sailor But Others Exist Article Written by John Davis Mysteries appear everywhere, if we only notice them. As Sherlock Holmes said, “You see, Watson, but you don’t observe.” How often do we observe what thousands have seen before, but then with a shock of revelation, “See …
What Happened to Bloody Island? Article Written by John Davis On a brisk morning, with wind wafting off the Mississippi river across from St. Louis, Missouri, the men faced each other with pistols, at barely more than arm’s length. They’d come to shoot at one another because of an ‘offense …
Book Review by John Davis Whispered Secrets of the South, by Shelly Van Meter Miller; Amazon; $9.99 paperback Seldom does life offer a cornucopia of charm, both natural and man-made, intriguing mystery, rampant ghosts, and overwhelming wonder all in one place. You’ll find it all in Shelly Van Meter Miller’s …
Memorial Day is a time for us to remember those who generously, heroically, and valiantly served our country. John Davis’ books, Rainy Street Stories, and his most recent book, Around the Corner, urges us to do the same, and more, all year round. From a perspective of a past counterintelligence …
