Reynolds: 2056 books

The Boeing Stratocruiser was a double-decked luxury airliner that offered lounges and cocktails to its passengers. Pan Am Flight 202/28 had completed the first leg of its El Presidente tour before taking off in the early morning hours of April 29, 1952. Having already flown to Rio De Janeiro from...

June Wilkinson came to the United States as a big bust model originally from East Bourne, Sussex, England. Playboy boosted her image with a series of six layouts that showcased her 44-inch bustline. Eventually Wilkinson grew tired of the singular attention that focused on her pulchritude. She wanted...

Existentialism is a European philosophical movement that was fostered by Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard in the early 19th Century. French writer Jean-Paul Sartre revived existentialism in 1943 with the publication of Being and Nothingness. Sartre and Kierkegaard are examples of the extremes...

Connie Kreski was among the most visible of the Playboy Playmates of the 1960s. She was Playmate of the Month of January 1968 and was selected Playmate of the Year. Soon she entered movies and television, playing small roles in a variety of popular 1970s comedy series and crime dramas. Among these...

After searching for sixty years for a long-lost gold mine known as the Adams Diggings, Ralph Reynolds tells all hes learned. This is a rousing tale of Apache cunning and Yankee gullibility. And its a story of lost lives, emptied souls, and misguided senses in a land of magnificent mountains, mesas,...

Of the 17th century French explorers of North America, La Salle was among the most ambitious. The Griffon or Griffin was a ship that was built from the white oak trees native to the Niagara Falls region. My e-book looks at La Salle's embassies to the Seneca Indians and their capitol Tagarondies...

Louis Pioggi was a gangster who worked in association with Paul Kelly, a notorious Five Points underworld figure. This was an era that produced Monk Eastman, Kid Twist, Sam Tietch, the Sirocco gang and many more notorious hoodlums. Pioggi hung out at dives in Coney Island, Brooklyn and Manhattan....

YouÆre so skinnyùwhat have you been eating? Have you spoken to your brothers today? Would it kill you to go to Mass with your mother? Everyone who has every walked into an Italian motherÆs kitchen has been met with a kiss on the cheek and spoonful of her special gravyùwhether youÆre a...

This volume brings together articles (including two hitherto unpublished pieces) that Susan Reynolds has written since the publication of her Fiefs and Vassals (1994). There she argued that the concepts of the fief and of vassalage, as generally understood by historians of medieval Europe, were constructed...

The William E. Dickens-Sidney Power Gang was active in the New England states in the late 1930s. The gang leaders were killed in shootouts with law enforcement by the end of 1937. However several associates weren't apprehended by law enforcement until early 1938 and later. The gang pulled robberies,...

In 1681, just twenty-eight humble log cabins built around a marshy green made up what is today Waterbury, Connecticut. The town flourished, and by 1850, its brass- and button-making industries welcomed the Industrial Revolution. When the call came for the Civil War and World Wars I and II, Waterbury...

The years 1926 and 1927 marked the beginning of an anti-obscenity campaign in Philadelphia. According to news accounts many publishers and distributors of illicit literature had relocated to Philly from other major cities. Despite the support of Catholic leaders and others New York City didn't approve...

Frank Cammarata was a mobster heavily involved in the music and jukebox business in the 1950s. His base was Detroit and Ohio. Deported from the United States in 1939 he reentered the country as a stowaway on a ship bound for New York City. Cammarata was hired specifically to break up a dispute between...

A gambling syndicate that operated above a prominent Terre Haute, Indiana restaurant in the late 1950s was a multi-million dollar operation. The business was nationwide and featured mobsters from Chicago, Minneapolis, Indianapolis and Las Vegas. My e-book looks at the reach of the betting ring and...