More than just a screenplay and photobook, An All American Boy is tell-all of growing up in the 1950s, when Sam Edwards joined the Army only to get into the kind of trouble at Fort Bragg that nearly cost him years in a military prison. What else could you expect from, as they used to say, the product of bad blood? Sam's great, great, great grandfather, before his election as the ninth president of the United States, vowed to annihilate the great Iroquois Chief, Tecumseh, and his democratic confederation of tribes, "even into babes in arms." He kept his promise. Sam's uncle, as security chief...

Paying homage to his cowboy dad, Sam Edwards returns with his fourth book, "A Cowboy Named Emmet." Filled with anecdotes from his stepbrother, images of the early 1900s while settling in eastern Nevada, Edwards re-remembers his childhood with his cattle-raising father. Baxter Black said this about "A Cowboy Named Emmet": That poetic story is a piece of work.... You can rest easy that Emmet is well remembered."

Highway 20 in California inspires much; in this case, author Sam Edwards has masterfully crafted a collection of love songs presented as autobiographical verses and images. Numerous provocative photographs illustrate titles such as, "A Shortcut Through Purgatory," "Ruminations," "Memorial Day," a mixed martial arts tract called "Fight Night at the Colusa Casino," "The Bloody Island Massacre," and an ode to a master blacksmith. Highway 20 bridges the old world with the new, which is both troubling and inspiring. Fans of Keroauc will appreciate Highway 20 Love Songs.