, TO BE CALLED AT 310-849-7266...HE IS GETTING RAVE REVIEWS FOR HIS RECENTLY-RELEASED HISTORICAL NOVEL ENTITLED, "FAR STONES," WHICH HAS ALL THE MAKINGS OF A BEST-SELLING MOVIE... THE SETTING OF HIS BOOK IS AROUND U.S. CIVIL WAR TIME...1865 OR SO...THE BOOK IS CENTERED AROUND AFRICAN AMERICAN TWIN BOYS WHO GET SEPERATED...ONE WINDING UP WITH AN AMERICAN INDIAN FAMILY, THE OTHER AS A BLACK SLAVE... interesting angle with this book---revolving around the game of baseball throughout...the author actually is a baseball die-hard, having followed the sport for decades...you can ask him how he got so interested in baseball and whether he still is a huge baseball fan and historian...pull out the appendage entitled "baseball musings" on this email...