Forgotten Times Remembered

In Forgotten Times Remembered, Glendon, through the eyes of a boy growing up during the Great Depression of the 1930's, narrates the love and determination of his Scots mother to keep, "a roof over their heads," of his older siblings seeking work when the country was mired in massive unemployment, of the daily struggles of a family just staying afloat. In spite of hardships this is a story of optimism, of a time when there were front porches, a time when a neighbors help was essential to life itself. It is a warm look at a time when laughter, oft times, covered the grim reality of their futures.

During W.W.II Robert R. Glendon served as a Cadet-Midshipman in the Merchant Marines on board the SS Cape Faro in the South Pacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean theaters of operations. He subsequently was stationed in Osaka, Japan, in the 3059th Ordnance Service Company as a member of the U.S. Army of Occupation. As a Special Agent of the F.B.I. he ran intelligence operations targeting communist countries, and coordinated political terrorist matters including the Weather Underground. After retiring he provided negotiation advice to corporations and families in kidnapping and extortion incidents, both overseas and in country. He has authored three novels, Faith of our Fathers, a kidnapping-spy thriller, Case Day One, an extortion-kidnapping thriller, and a murder mystery, Let The Dead Stay Buried.