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Bob, Josephina, and their pet goat live along the US/Mexico border. They often provide food and comfort to the poor and desperate people passing by their ranch seeking a better life. Bob, an old Marine, has declared war on the invasive Border Patrol spy drone that is invading his privacy and the stinking javelinas that are ruining is garden. But when Bob uncovers a group of young Middle Easterners, masquerading as Latinos, he enlists the help ...

This is Bob and Linda's story, a tale of a young, Anglo, high-school dropout, his Mexican-American teenage wife, and their 64-years living in thirty homes in eleven states and two countries Linda says, "We never set out to be gypsies. We just moved a lot for what seemed like good reasons at the time. This chronicle of our sixty plus years together is a tribute to how much a couple can endure if they love each other, build and maintain strong f...

Bob, a crusty but erudite old liberal, lives along the Mexican border with his soul mate, Josefina Bernstein, PhD and his long-term guest they've aptly named Boner. Boner is a somewhat unique young man. He grins constantly, he only speaks Swahili and he has this curse or blessing, depending on how you look at it, he has a perpetual erection. They go about their lives harboring illegal immigrants, hosting drug traffickers and taking pot shots a...

In the Jaws of the Beast is an engaging story of a troubled Confederate veteran overcoming his deep-seated hatreds and the prejudices of the times while dealing with the tragic death of his wife and the kidnapping of this son by the Apache in 1867 New Mexico Territory. His life is changed forever when he teams up with a colored Yankee soldier at Fort Cummings to find Cochise and his Chiricahua band, and retrieves his son. The friendship betwee...

Relive some exciting historical events in Luna County, New Mexico in Bob Rockwell's new book, While the Wind Blew. You'll sit around a pit house fire in 1154 AD with Hateya, a young Mimbres mother and morn the drought and hunger in her village. You'll ride with Coronado's conquistadors as Miguel gives us a glimpse into the New Spain of 1541. You'll blaze a trail with Caleb and the Mormon Battalion, bounce along the Butterfield Overland Mail ro...

Mostly True TalesThese stories might better be called historical fiction because they are about real people and/or real events in history. BobÕs taken the liberty to tell a bit more about little-known people, interject himself into the lives of historical figures, and tell us about real events from the pens of fictional characters.

It was late April 1955 and spring had finally come to the high plains. I was suffering from a serious case of spring fever. Baseball season was already underway, my Brooklyn Dodgers were 10 and 0, and I was stuck in my seventh-grade English class conjugating verbs. I had lots of plans for the summer break, if it ever comes. When one of the cutest girls in my class invited me for a coke after school I was torn between being with her and listeni...

The Marine CorpsÕ motto ÒSemper FidelisÓ still echoes through my head after all of these years. ItÕs the Latin phrase for Òalways faithfulÓ, and totally appropriate to the lifelong brotherhood that is the United States Marine Corps. It was just over fifty-eight years ago that Semper Fi and all things Marine were etched permanently into my being, my character, and my memory. And when my DIÕs singsong cadence isnÕt bouncing around in my brain, m...

Edda is an artificial intelligence system with the most extensive medical knowledge database ever assembled. Her (Edda refers to herself as female) knowledge-based expert system brings the wisdom and experiences of the world's leading-edge clinicians to the offices of local physicians, assisting them in making correct and timely diagnoses. "She's like having an expert, the expert, looking over your shoulder and whispering in your ear, " claims...

From Where I Sit is a collection of the inane thoughts (those are the polite words) rumbling around in the tequila-soaked brain cells of Bob Rockwell, an old curmudgeon fighting a losing battle with the absurdity and the ridiculousness of everyday life. He rants about the stuff that pisses him off (and that's a lot of stuff), he teases society's morons especially what he calls pretentious assholes (his word, not mine), he maligns those that an...

It was a spring day in Paris in 1780, and Michael Barada, was 20. As he sauntered along a fashionable street, very gay in the silk, ribbons and ruffles of a young French gallant of the court of Louis XVI . . ." So begins the charming story of Michael Barada and his chance meeting with the lovely Omaha maiden, Laughing Buffalo. This romantic fairytale was told to the US congress in 1934 in a bill granting my grandfather and other descendants of...

Alone in the Dark was how I wrote all of these stories. I won't tell you that I was in my pajamas and drinking beer in the early hours of the morning, because you'd think even less of me. The hardest part of writing is that I become so engrossed in the story I'm trying to tell that I let my beer get warm and go flat. I can't even begin to count all of the beer I've wasted. I've got to develop a type - type - type - swig - type - type - type - ...

It was a spring day in Paris in 1780, and Michael Barada, was 20. As he sauntered along a fashionable street, very gay in the silk, ribbons and ruffles of a young French gallant of the court of Louis XVI . . ." So begins the charming story of Michael Barada and his chance meeting with the lovely Omaha maiden, Laughing Buffalo. This romantic fairytale was told to the US congress in 1934 in a bill granting my grandfather and other descendants of...

Bob demonstrates his storytelling skills in this collection of seventeen of his best short stories. Bob set his story Three for Dinner in Boston, where he lived for many years, because he couldn't find a five-star French restaurant within hundreds miles of the Chihuahuan desert where he now lives, writes and sets most of his stories. He's become an accomplished researcher seeking out interesting historical figures before he magically bends tim...

Bob rants about all of the inconveniences, injustices, and especially the absurdities we encounter as we fumble through our hum-drum lives. Now that he's retired and a member of the geezer generation, he doesn't have a job or a business to bitch about so he just complains about all of the little stuff we all have to deal with, but why do we? Geezers are big-time complainers and they can piss-and-moan about every-day stuff like it is the only t...

On the River with the Army of the Tennessee is the diary penned by my great-great grandfather, Dr. William J. Rockwell in March and April of 1862 while he treated the sick and wounded of 11th Indiana Regiment. His diary starts at Fort Heiman and continues as the Army of the Tennessee steams from Fort Henry into the heart of secession-dom and The Battle of Shiloh at Pittsburg Landing.

The wife of one of the bar's patrons is murdered while showing an upscale home to a prospective buyer. Why was she killed? She had no enemies. No jealous lovers. The police can't identify anyone who would want to harm her or benefits from her death. Their only clue is the unusual calling card the killer left behind. The police are baffled and the case is at a standstill when a group of the bar's regulars form the Happy Hour Posse to help bring...

Two Philadelphia detectives become unlikely partners in the tough 25th district. Enoch (Buck) Rogers, a young rookie from a privileged life in Philly's prestigious Main Line, and Luciano (Luca) Borrelli, a seasoned, cigar-chomping goombah a la The Sopranos. Buck's life is less than ideal. He's recently divorced, the relationship with his parents is, at best, strained, and his new lieutenant is always on his back. The two joys in his life are h...

Bob Lockwood, a cameraman in the early days of Hollywood, takes us on a journey through northern Mexico as he films Pancho Villa. Bob is captivated by the spirit of the revolution and the passion of the Villistas but he's sickened by the wanton slaughter and the tragic waste of young lives he sees on the battlefield. He drops his camera, crosses the river, and heads back to California. On route he learns that he no longer has a wife or job to ...