Gabriel's Creek Golf Course couldn't be found when ChrisCollins looked for a course where he could play a special round. Still, therewas no reason he should expect anything other than a normal and relaxing day ofgolf when he stumbled into this easy-to-forget place. He meets the coursemascot, a Border collie named Ralphie, a dog they say just showed up one dayout of nowhere. Then, a special breakfast ends with the Pro's caution, "Thisplace is magical...You'll see what I mean." Collins has chosen to spend one of the last days of his lifedoing something he loves: walking 18 holes of golf. With Ralphie as guide and companion,Gabriel's Creek itself brings out his reflections on life in a tale aboutfamily, friends, and commitment, about dogs and destinations. As his round winds along, the course brings a variety ofcharacters from his past to meet him. These players show much about who Collinsis and how he treasured his life's relationships. Along with them, he is poppedinto and out of golf holes across two continents. Some are places he has playedbefore, while some he had simply dreamed of before. Is it time travel, or is it just the enchantment ofGabriel's Creek? The 18th hole is more than the end of Chris' round. On that final green, Collins finds thatGabriel's Creek Golf Course exists in neither the earthly nor the next world,but perhaps somewhere in between.

Gabriel's Creek

Livingston, MR Alan

Sports & Outdoors

Three Nineteens Publishing

From the author of the novel “Gabriel’s Creek” comes “Intersection With History”, a personal look back at the experience of his Fort Worth, Texas family on a historic day that shocked the world.After charismatic U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy spent the last night of his life in downtown Fort Worth’s landmark Hotel Texas, the morning broke with a dreary, drizzling overcast. The president made his last speeches and had his last meal while being entertained by an acclaimed local youth choir. The singers fascinated the president so much he stopped on his way out of the banquet hall to thrill the adolescents, shaking their hands and chatting over the roar of the crowd’s applause. Afterwards, bright sunshine had broken, bathing the motorcade driving the president and his entourage through enthusiastic neighborhoods to Air Force One for his final flight to Dallas, only minutes away.The sound of that presidential jet taking off just above the roof of the author’s classroom was still burning into the memories of the children when their Principal told them of the assassination. Minutes later, he learned from his mother that Kennedy’s killer had been her fourth-grade student; she had been a teacher years before in that very same grade school. Of course she remembered him – she always had a soft spot for challenged children. Young Lee Harvey Oswald had grown from the schoolboy she mentored to become the alleged assassin of the President of the United States.Soon, his older brother arrived home from his performance for the president with the Texas Boys Choir. The excitement of his brief encounter with President Kennedy was shattered by news of the man’s murder within an hour of their handshake. The dramatic contrast of those two events haunted the brother the rest of his life.For their mother, the days and weeks that followed included the unwanted notoriety of her picture in Life Magazine, television interviews, and a deposition for the Warren Commission. Oswald would become the subject of conspiracy theories regarding the assassination until long after her death.The author was a second-grader when he witnessed history and felt it touch his family. A novelist in his senior years, he offers a narrative that is both intimate memoir and essential reference. “Intersection With History” is a time capsule that sheds another fresh light on the events of November 22nd, 1963.“Intersection With History” contains bonus material: the opening chapters of “Gabriel’s Creek”, the author’s novel of a man’s inspirational round of golf on a magical course with an unusual dog.

Intersection with History: How My Family Crossed Paths with JFK and Oswald

History

Livingston, Alan

Americas

The Great War has taken no less a toll on beautiful young Marie Duval than on their nearby village and France as a whole. Too near the Western Front’s trenches, the Duval farm has been ravaged along with their entire valley. The lives taken of many close to Marie has made her the family farm’s only able body, toughening the mademoiselle beyond her years.But in the waning days of 1918, a handsome American pilot crashes onto the farm, needing Marie and her father’s care to save his life. His recovery alongside an injured British pilot comes as the Armistice ending the fighting brings hope for a lasting peace. Love blossoms just as the airmen leave to reunite with their squadrons for demobilization.Does a piece of paper saying the war is over mean the end for the treasured relationships built on the Duval farm? Can their bonds endure as Europe and the village of Bonsant struggle with post-war life?Armistice is Part One in the Bogeys series, an aviation-centered historical adventure of love and friendships, mystery and intrigue.

Bogeys: Part One: Armistice

Literature & Fiction

Livingston, Charles Alan

Genre Fiction

Bogeys: Armistice: Part One

United States

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