MILFORD HOUSE PRESS
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ISBN: 978-1-62006-065-0 (Trade paperback)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2019938283
FIRST MILFORD HOUSE PRESS EDITION: April 2019
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Continue the Enlightenment!
Table of Contents
TRACES OF THE PAST
OUT OF SAN DIEGO
THE CORDOBA DINER
A STROLL AROUND TOWN
LUNCHTIME
A CONVERSATION WITH FELICITY
THE FLAGG SISTERS
THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON
THE CORDOBA TAVERN
THE SECOND AFTERNOON
INDIAN CHARLIE
TRAGEDY AT THE FAIR
MAN WITH A BADGE
TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE BIJOU
COSTELLO TAKES A WALK
DAY THREE
TROTZ FLYING ACADEMY
A TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL
SAM ON THE CASE
ANNIE WEBSTER
CHIEF BAKER
BACK IN CORDOBA
ANOTHER VISIT TO BELL CITY
CONFESSIONS
JIM TURNER
THE CRIME SCENE
A TALK WITH BEN
ANOTHER TALK WITH ANNIE WEBSTER
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
A LITTLE OFF THE TOP
OUT OF CORDOBA
ABOUT THE AUTHOR