The first book of The Rubin Family / Dave Levitan Series, in which Al Rubin establishes his power and influence. In 1929 Atlantic City, gangsters and politicians answer to Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson, the Czar of The Ritz. In Washington, J. Edgar Hoover sets out to end Nucky's reign. Nucky hatches a plan to neutralize Hoover with blackmail photos taken when the young FBI Director comes to an Atlantic City hotel for Decoration Day celebrations. Al Rubin, a studio photographer, is promised a lucrative lease on an entertainment pier to set up the shoot and snap the shots. Hoover discovers the plot and...
The first book of The Rubin Family / Dave Levitan Series, in which Al Rubin establishes his power and influence. In 1929 Atlantic City, gangsters and ...
In 1946, Dave Levitan investigates the murder of an atomic scientist and computer pioneer who'd been strangled in an Atlantic City hotel room. An ex-ACPD cop working as a civilian Coast Guard investigator, Levitan struggles against the interference of the Secretary of State, a 3-star General, and the FBI Director. A combat veteran of the Spanish Civil War, Levitan discovers the perfect spy hidden inside the Manhattan Project. When the killer's lover is unjustly arrested, Levitan challenges J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI to obtain her freedom. Through it all, he struggles to win the loyalty of his...
In 1946, Dave Levitan investigates the murder of an atomic scientist and computer pioneer who'd been strangled in an Atlantic City hotel room. An ex-A...
A vagabond American couple and their daughter are traveling in Mexico until Daddy figures out what to do with his life. They are Elvis-era puritans in a new age of drugs, hippies, communes, and sexual revolution - seekers who have no idea what they're seeking. Michael had quit a good job when he was no longer draft bait. He's dissatisfied with a wife he should not have married, frustrated because he's missing the sexual revolution. Karen suffers her husband's dissatisfaction, resentful that he'd dropped out, worried about divorce. She manages to conduct a secret, wild affair with a mysterious...
A vagabond American couple and their daughter are traveling in Mexico until Daddy figures out what to do with his life. They are Elvis-era puritans in...
From Harry Truman to Bernie Sanders - the arc of Presidential election politics from 1948 to 2016. Using the 1948 Conventions as benchmarks, Cutler explores the changes since the first televised nominations. Why campaigning for the Presidency has become a reality show, why that's been bad for democracy, and feasible innovations that will restore the political ecology to better health. 1. TWO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS - setting the scenes, focusing on the influence of media executives 2. A SPEECH THAT MADE YOUR SOCKS ROLL DOWN - the impact of Hubert Humphrey's civil rights speech on convention...
From Harry Truman to Bernie Sanders - the arc of Presidential election politics from 1948 to 2016. Using the 1948 Conventions as benchmarks, Cutler ex...
