That's My Story: Two Tales

Thats My Story tells two exciting tales from the authors family history.The first-The Last Posse-is set in 1922 Texas. Sheriff Jim Groves leads a posse by automobile and horseback after the famous outlaw Frank Holloway whose pistols have seven notches one for every man hes killed. At the same time Jims fathers grave is opened and his body snatched in an effort to prove the familys rights to Manhattans notorious Edwards Estate. Narrating is Jims 12-year-old nephew Bing who will be tasked (in disguise) with saving the day.The second-Thats My Story-takes place in Beverly Hills California in 1935. Jim is living in a stately Holmby Hills cottage providing security to the Raven brothers rich Los Angeles developers and boosters of UCLAs football team. Jims son Shorty the Bruins fullback carries the team to a start that promises the Rose Bowl until hes called out as a ringer. Getting to the bottom of things Jim-Bing again accompanying him and narrating-traces the commotion to Oil King Cassidy himself chief booster of the Bruins archrivals the USC Trojans. Classic noir mayhem ensues.Thats My Story offers a lively picture of early 20th-century American life from the writer Kirkus Reviews calls a masterly communicator of time and place.