The Gang of Four is a tale of Adventure and Suspense. If anyone will be offended by hard violence and explicit sex, you should not read this book. For everyone else, you will find a rousing, swashbuckling saga to keep you turning pages in anticipation. The characters fight hard and love as passionately as they fight. Ted and Gina, Tony and Sydney make up an unlikely group that grows to become The Gang of Four. The Gang of Four exhibits the four's unconventional love story interwoven into the action/ adventure and the growth of the characters as they are affected by their experiences and environment. Internal struggles concerning honor, passion, and moral uncertainty challenge the main characters as strongly as the physical challenges. Read The Gang of Four for an enjoyable escape into adventure.

From emerging sexuality to young love on the brink of adulthood, to antics of the author and his coworkers, to the tragic effects of war on the author's best friend from high school, this work contains experiences and insights of the author gleaned from years growing up and rearing a family while working factories and coal mine in southern Indiana and western Kentucky. Humorous, poignant, and thought provoking, the poems and stories focus on individuals and the effects of the world around them on the individual's psyche and actions.