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I first met Jim in 1995 when he came to work as Director of Security at MGM Studios after he had retired from the FBI. There was a group of us who would sit around after work swapping tales to unwind. Although most of us could dish some pretty good dirt on big Hollywood celebs from our years at MGM, Jim’s stories were much more fascinating. He was actually there at Waco, Wounded Knee, Ruby Ridge and other infamous events. We were both still with MGM in 1999 when Emily Harris, a member of the SLA gang that kidnapped Patty Hearst, was identified by a coworker as one of MGM’s programmers and who was working in the IT division on the floor right above us. She was then a fugitive from a warrant for murder in a separate crime and was subsequently arrested.) It wasn't just Jim’s riveting accounts, but his humorous style of recounting them that prompted more than one of us to say, "you really ought to write a book about this stuff”. Well, he did just that with his first book,” Bullets, Bombs and Fast Talk”. I usually don't read non-fiction but reading this led me to be among the people who encouraged him to think about writing fiction. And then he did that with “River Bottom Rum”. This is a collection of short stories and, although fiction, they clearly reflect Jim's true experiences with murderers, child predators, suicides, the homeless and 25 years of senseless crime. He deals with the dark side of humanity but also throws in enough good to allow us hope. And most important is his naturally humorous view of man’s foibles. His characters are so real and they seem to breathe. You'd swear you’ve read about them in the News. The stories are very short and so tightly packed they make you wish for more.Read full review
ordered book on 8/22 and it is now 9/4 and still has not sent product... NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT:( i paid the day i won the book and it was a gift for my fathers birthday on sept 1.. verry disapointed