SHORT STORIES AND TALL TALES

About the Book

The stories and tales in this book relate intimate relationships told in sensitive, non vulgar language. Some names and places are fictitious while incidents and relationships are based upon fact. Book I was withdrawn from the market to avoid any personal embarrassment as some stories were not sufficiently fictionalized. The objective is more to promote self awareness than to just entertain, even though some stupid things we do are amusing to say the least.

About the Author

THE AUTHOR WAS A SARATOGIAN NEWSPAPER ROUTE BOY DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION BEFORE WWII. HE WAS DRAFTED WHILE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THE COUNTRY DESPERATELY NEEDED MILITARY PERSONNEL, AND SERVED WITH THE AMPHIBIOUS FORCES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. HE RECEIVED A DIRECT COMMISSION AS A NAVAL OFFICER AND GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE WITH A DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING. HE WORKED IN THE CORPORATE WORLD AS AN INTERNAL AUDITOR AND BECAME AN ASST COMPTROLLER. HE WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL, TAUGHT HIGH SCHOOL FOR TEN YEARS, AND THEN TOOK A POSITION AS A SUPERVISOR OF BUSINESS EDUCATION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WHERE HE TOOK EARLY RETIREMENT; WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL AGAIN AND STARTED HIS FOURTH CAREER AS A COLLEGE PROFESSOR.

HE WAS MARRIED TO THE LATE MARY CLAIRE WELLER WHITNEY FOR SIXTY YEARS, FIVE MONTHS, ONE WEEK AND FOUR DAYS. THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN AND EIGHT GRAND CHILDREN. HE HAS WRITTEN THREE COLLEGE TEXT BOOKS AND THREE BOOKS OF “SHORT STORIES AND TALL TALES.” THE CURRENT BOOK III FEATURES A HISTORICAL STORY OF LIFE IN SARATOGA SPRINGS BEFORE WWII WHEN “THE RAILROAD RAN THROUGH IT”.

THE AUTHOR AND HIS WIFE WERE PAST MEMBERS OF THE SARATOGA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND SPENT MUCH OF THEIR LIVES IN THIS MAGICAL CITY WITH ITS FABULOUS SPRING WATER! HE REALLY, REALLY LOVES IT.