Ghosts of Tip Top
A Collection of Short Works...Splendidly Portrayed
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Ghosts of Tip Top is a story dug from the ashes of prejudice where human lived hung in the balance over a simple bet... a bet, in a poker game where violence erupted with gunfire, splitting the calm, April night.
The book Ghost of Tip Top, is based on an actual event which occurred about five miles north of Hamilton, Georgia and the resort town of Pine Mountain (Calloway Gardens). The book is divided into two sections, Ghosts of Tip Top and Behold, The Red Horse.
Benjamin James, a brilliant young attorney, would represent the defendant, Sugar Bear Jackson. He would find himself in the most devastating trial of his career. He knew the outcome of the trial when late one evening, he saw the prosecutor and judge Tanker with Jack and Bill Miller leave the courthouse, together. As the noose was being tightened around Sugar Bear's neck, James realized his own hands were now being tied around his back. My client deserves a fair trial James said, to himself. I will do the best that I can to prevent Sugar Bear form going to the gallows. The weight of my client's blood will not be on my shoulders.
The section Behold, The Red Horse is about the horrors of war and its aftermath. It vividly portrays the derangement of some who are never able to leave combat. It is electrifying in the pursuit of lust and love, graphically exploding with the difference between the two. It is poignant and soul searching, as one in death struggles to see something beautiful.
The stories touch all of the aspects of the human spirit as men of war fight, sometimes as the must, it appears, not only for their country, but for the ego of corrupt politicians whose own quest of for power and money.
This book is dedicated to The Raggedy-Assed Marines of The 1st Division who were always short of everything. They sewed and patched their dungarees, and were the last to get the cold weather "Mickey-Mouse Boots".