I'd like to send my deep appreciation out to the folks of West Paris, Maine and neighboring communities, as well as readers of All Hands Down, for their tremendous turnout at a June 15 Heritage Day event in honor of Commander Francis A. Slattery and the crewmen of the USS Scorpion. Cmdr. Slattery--or Frank, as his friends still call him--grew up in West Paris, and the event's organizers worked hard to prepare a fitting tribute to him.
Cmdr. Slattery's friends, family members and local historians have bowled me over with their graciousness, warmth and receptivity since I began contacting them years ago while doing research for All Hands Down. But this time they really topped themselves. It was a day my wife and I will never forget. Thanks to all the great people who teamed up to organize it, and to everyone who came--those who knew Cmdr. Slattery, those who wanted to know more about him, and the submariners who dropped by to give their recollections. I'll be sharing some new insights about, and photographs of, Cmdr. Slattery on my website in the (hopefully not to distant) future,
And for readers of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation series. . .
Up to now just about all of the space in this blog has been dedicated to
All Hands Down--and there'll be a great deal more to come about it here. But I'd also like to welcome aboard readers of my new novel
CSI: Nevada Rose. I've shifted a lot of my focus to nonfiction in recent years, and it's been almost a decade since I wrote a police procedural (which, bottom line, is what CSI is). So I approached this project with more than a bit of trepidation. I'm pretty pleased with the book, which was a challenge for many reasons . . . but my being pleased with it and about a zillion bucks just
might pay for a gallon of gas at the pump--and I'm talking "Regular". Which is to say what you think is all that counts. I hope those of you who check out the book will feel free to drop by my website,
JeromePreisler.com, and leave your feedback.
JP
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