To Jack With Love Black Jack Bouvier: a Remembrance [antikvár]

Prologue: 1929 An endless plume of black smoke trailed from the smokestack of the locomotive as it chugged relentlessly across the nation. Inside their compartment, few words passed between the two unlikely traveling companions huddled against the gathering October chill. They had given up their futile attempts at breaking the long, awkward silences with small talk. Arms crossed on his massive chest, Charles Mattei watched restlessly as the train crossed the Great Divide. Years ago, as a young man, he had cut cross the mountains en route to California. Arriving at Los Olivos, he had set up the historic stagecoach' tavern which bore his name. 7