Jr Reynolds: 516 books

Eugenio Castellotti was the most promising driver in Italy when he died at 26 while testing a Ferrari for the upcoming Sebring International Race in Florida. His fatal injury occurred at the Autodrome Circuit near Modena, Italy. Like his mentor and friend, Alberto Ascari, Castellotti died while testing...

Giorgio Scarlatti was a successful Italian race driver from Rome, Italy. Beginning in 1950 he competed in many competitions of great importance like the Targa Florio and Mille Miglia. Over time he came to be appreciated as a dependable driver. In 1957 Stirling Moss moved to the Vanwall team. Scarlatti...

Ray Impelletiere was one of the super tall heavyweight boxers to come along in the early 1930s. Perhaps the best known amongst them was Italian Primo Carnera who became Heavyweight Champion of the World. Impelletiere, a graduate of Peekskill High School in Westchester County, New York, was managed...

Masanori Murakami was the first native born Japanese pitcher in Major League Baseball. His story is one that pitted a Major League team against the best team in western Japan, the Nankai Hawks. Nankai and the San Francisco Giants vied for the services of Murakami between 1964-1966. At stake was a...

Andre Pilette was a versatile and exciting driver who competed in sports car and grand prix racing from 1951 until the mid 1960s. His father before him raced at Indianapolis and Andre's son, Teddy, competed in Formula 5000 races. Andre Pilette drove for the Gordini Team in Formula 1 events throughout...

Masten Gregory was not your average race car driver. Slightly built, wearing spectacles that were highly magnified, he looked more like an academic than a racer. Yet he was successful in a various forms of racing from sports cars, to Indy, to Formula One. A native of Kansas, his father owned a life...

The body of Edmond Nugent was found burned inside his car outside the Jericho Lounge in Jericho, Long Island in early February 1964. Days before his death Nugent, 49, had revealed information about a large call girl ring based in Long Island with connections to New York City. Nugent's death was...

Joe "Socks" Lanza was a Genovese capo who was closely aligned to mobster Charles "Lucky" Luciano. In 1942 Socks visited Luciano in prison to recruit him on a government sponsored program to stop Nazi espionage in the United States. The effort received the backing of New York City District Attorney...

The 1955 Ford Crown Victoria was a popular car in an era when power brakes were an optional feature. The Crown Victoria wasn't the only auto of the era that experienced brake problems. The 1953 Pontiac was another. General Motors began issuing kits to alert Buick dealers and owners. My e-book looks...

A Lockheed Super Constellation L-1049E crash landed at Montego Bay Airport in Jamaica in the early morning hours of January 21, 1960. Of 37 Americans who died on board the airliner, 17 were from the United States. The plane was making a scheduled nonstop flight from New York to Jamaica. It made an...

The Strato-Freight airliner that crashed off the coast of Puerto Rico in June 1949 was a converted army transport C-46. It had once been used to carry fully armed troops. The airline company, based in Connecticut, had added room in the plane to seat more passengers. Four minutes after takeoff the...

Buffalo nightclub owner/restaurateur Roy Carlisi was one of fifty-eight men who attended the notorious Apalachin meeting of November 14, 1957. Held at the home of businessman Joseph Barbara Sr., it is a legendary incident in the annals of U.S. mob history. Carlisi was closely associated with the Stefano...

Vincent Coll was originally from County Donegal in Ireland. During his early life he was institutionalized in Catholic institutions for the indigent and truant youths in New York City. His first criminal offenses involved citations for juvenile delinquency. He lived for a time with his half-sister...

Indigo buntings are a fascinating songbird of the eastern United States, much of the midwest, and part of the western U.S. The male indigo is a beautiful indigo, azure, ultramarine hue with ample sunlight on him. He molts in the fall and loses much of his brilliance. The female is a brown color, which...