NB -- This is an electronic book on diskette (IBM -HD) That is not a choice you offer under "binding." This is not a CD ROM. Spit and Polish is an original screenplay set in basic training at Fort Polk, Louisiana, in the summer of 1970 ( just after the invasion of Cambodia and the Kent State shootings). The trainees are reservists, national guardsmen, and four black draftees who have been "recycled." The draftees want nothing to do with the war. They have been through basic before and deliberately failed in order to postpone being shipped to Viet Nam. For the others, basic is a brief, but painful interruption in their normal lives. So long as there is no major foul-up, they'll return to their school or job in a few weeks. But the disappearance of one of the blacks threatens them all. In "Amythos" a three-act stage play, the characters are assigned roles in a fantastic myth. They can either go ahead and act out their lives in accord wth their given script or drop out and never have any role in life. They have 24 hours in which to decide. A flaw in the rules of this absurd, cosmic games makes the choices and actions of the two main characters a matter of life and death. "Mercy" (a two-act historical comedy) is based on the lives of Mercy Otis Warren and General Johnny Burgoyne. A recent biography of Burgoyne, entitled The Man Who Lost America, focuses on his defeat and surrender at Saratoga in 1777. A recent biography of Mercy Warren, entitled First Lady of the Revolution, indicates that she was intimately connected with principal actors and actions of the Revolution. Both Burgoyne and Mercy Warren were playwrights. After the Revolution, Burgoyne wrote several "hit" plays for the London stage. In 1775, during the British occupation of Boston, he wrote The Blockade of Boston. Mercy replied with a play entitled The Blockheads. These two historical figures are natural antagonists who should be made to meet on the stage. "Rights Crossing" (a two-act historical play) was written for Columbia, Pennsylvania, where it was performed December 1-4, 1976, as part of that town's bicentennial celebration. The events of the play take place in December 1777 and center around the Conway conspiracy. The action focuses on the strategic importance of the ferry crossing that would one day become Columbia; situated between Congress in York and the army in Valley Forge. The fates of the town-to-be and the nation-to-be are interwoven, with local historical figures playing significant roles in a plausible confrontation with Conway and Mifflin. Conway, plotting to overthrow Washington, tries to seize the ferry. But he underestimates the determination and resourcefulness of old Susannah Wright, the owner of the ferry, and her nephew Sam, the future founder of the town of Columbia.
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Richard Seltzer worked for Digital/Compaq for 19 years, focusing on the Internet for the last five years, most recently as "Internet Evangelist." He is now an independent Internet writer/speaker/consultant, acting as an advocate for full and more effective use of the Internet for business and education. The second edition of his book The AltaVista Search Revolution was recently published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill. (Library Journal called it "indispensable.") He also hosts a weekly chat session on Business on the World Wide Web at Web-Net In addition, Richard runs his own small publishing business on the Internet (The B&R Samizdat Express), and is the author of novels (The Name of Hero) and children's books (The Lizard of Oz). His acclaimed Web site is frequently cited as an important resource for education and the blind. He is now writing a dummies-style book on online shopping for Macmillan. He calls himself an "Internet evangelist" because of his passion for the subject and his contagious enthusiasm. He lives in Boston with his wife Barbara and four extraordinary children. He can be reached at seltzer@samizdat.com
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