Readers of this blog probably appreciate I’m not above giving shameless plugs to my works in other media. I suppose this is another. I suspect I pushed my very first book here 2 years ago, but time has passed and I thought that book needed work, so here it is in its second edition. First published May ‘21, the second edition is out at 2304 words and a mere 24 pages in this new edition, it’s still more a pamphlet than a book, but Amazon doesn’t have that category. I stopped writing when I had all I had to say about the incident in question. I still think it’s a powerful story, something that happened in October of ’68 and shook my little community. No one who was alive in the area then has forgotten it, although many still wish to. My little book, first published May ’21 and then second edition 3/10/23 describes a tragic car-train accident that killed 2 of my classmates and 3 other Vicksburg boys then the effect all of it it had on my community, which was profound, as you might imagine. Hardly an enticing lead, but the emotion is deep and the writing is heartfelt. Looks like you can get it for free (at least to me) on Amazon/Kindle (1)
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Bob Ike's blog 