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Steven R. Burt

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Salt Lake City, The United States

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Mystery, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction

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author: Ross MacDonald and Ray Bradbury

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Steven R. Burt is a product of Utah in the 1950's. He grew up reading cereal boxes and the funny papers at the breakfast table and all his favorite books at night, hiding under his bedspread with a flashlight. He continuously read from three different publications of the 'A' encyclopedia, because the $0.98 introductory copies sold in grocery stores were the only books that fit into the family budget. Eventually he grew up and became an Architect, a profession described in the 'A' volumes, but always felt books were his true passion so, he wrote one: HINT OF COPPER, which tells the story of a young detective, his kidnapped girlfriend, Cold War spies in 1948, and quite possibly the best idea Nikola Tesla ever had.
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Review: Kennedy 35

Kennedy 35 by Charles Cumming

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Having devoured all of Cumming's books I can find, including the two books leading up to this current book, I truly savored my time spent reconnecting with the main character, Lachlan Kite, as he recalls and revisits activities that happened years prior in Africa. The overarching A story is current and plausible, delving into the unsolvable p Read more of this blog post »

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