Behind the Front Door - Softcover

Riley, John Powell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592864708 ISBN 13: 9781592864706

Publisher: Publishamerica Inc, 2003

This is a collection of beautifully crafted short stories of extraordinary variety—from “the elegant atmosphere of candle light, sparkling crystal, polished silver, and witty, scintillating conversation” to the flat, dusty, and hot Texas Panhandle where “the wind-hounded tumbleweeds roll.” From a luxurious villa overlooking the French Riviera, the author takes us to Tokyo’s exotic Ginza district, to Athens, to Madrid, to Rome, to Helsinki, to the cruiser USS Nashville under attack in the Philippines, to . . . The author writes with unusual clarity and sensitivity, mostly from life, and what a life. Naval Officer on an Admiral’s Staff in the South Pacific and Far East during WWII—private pilot—single-handed ocean cruising sailor—Foreign Commerce Executive living in Paris, Madrid, Geneva, and Monte Carlo. Riley spent 31 years traveling to more than 70 countries and married the beautiful, charming daughter of a Russian Countess and a Colonel in the Don Cossacks. Find out what goes on “behind the front doors.” Read and enjoy.

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