If you want the Big Shield ebook, it’s only 99 cents .
This weekend, if you want the Father of Mine ebook, it’s zero cents .
As of 12:00 a.m. on Saturday, Pacific time, the Father of Mine ebook will be free for 48 hours. It’s my way of remembering my dad on his birthday, September 20. He was born in 1921, six years after his father came to America from Italy.
He died in July 1998. I still think about him, pretty much every day. And especially during football season.
He was a compulsive gambler, who became a bookie. (He hated the Steelers, because the locals typically bet with their hearts. And, in the ‘70s, the Steelers routinely covered the spread.) When he wasn’t working (and he worked every day of the year, except the day before and after the MLB All-Star Game), he’d s