Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Manuscript Transcription Begun

So as to not waste another six years of this fantastic story sitting in a storage locker collecting dust I've just bit the bullet and hired a friend to transcribe the original manuscript given to me by Bob so I can format it for publication and I will post some choice snippets as we progress to give you all a sneak peek into what I call "The definitive story of a generation".
My birth certificate listed fathers occupation as “Organizer C.I.O.” the Congress of Industrial Orginaizations, and sure enough, after the tunnel strike was settled he was off to organize the borax miners up at Death Valley, Trona and Bishop, California. This time it was Ronald Reagans Death Valley sponsors, U.S. Borax Company and the American Potash & Chemical Corporation who both did wish my Daddy dead. He had to move around a lot to keep ahead of the company goons who carried saps and brass knucks to beat the shit out of the bastard-pinko union guys. Even the FBI guys had a hard time keeping up with him.His three hundred plus page FBI fies are page after page of Gately gone missing, always one or two steps ahead of the Feds.

Monday, June 5, 2017

Original Manuscript Recovered

So I lost the original manuscript with handwritten notes from Bob in the margins that he gave me shortly before his death, in the motorhome down at the end of the street the night Helen H. took me over there to talk with Bob about publishing this life's work of his. He and I sat in that motorhome sipping whiskey until sunrise that night as I read the manuscript out loud with him giving me color commentary from start to finish and I emerged into the bright morning sun with a hangover and this manuscript under my arm leaving Bob with the promise I would get his story published. It truly is the story of a generation written in the first person by a man who was at the center of that generation's finest hours. I had given it to a friend for safe-keeping one of those times I needed to get across a border and pronto to escape the long arm of Sheriff Joe and his henchmen. It's been in his storage place for a few years and I'm happy to report I have it back and will be getting it transcribed and start shopping for a publisher while simultaneously getting the screenplay version written. This is a best-selling autobiography and a box office smash movie if there ever was one. So Bobbo...if you're up there you space cowboy you...we're back on track buddy!

Manuscript Transcription Begun

So as to not waste another six years of this fantastic story sitting in a storage locker collecting dust I've just bit the bullet and hi...