Gerald Burke Leonard began writing in 2000 after a long and productive career as a consultant to colleges, universities and to public transportatoin agencies. In the middle of his career, he was asked to find a way for Los Angeles to create a rail transit system after several public referenda had failed over a 50-year span. He designed the system while serving as the Chief Deputy County Supervisor to the Fifth District of Los Angeles County. His plan went to the voters and was approved. He followed this with consulting through a couple of the largest national architectural / engineersing firms but found that running his own practice was far more to his liking.
Eventually the tedium of last-minute flights to go put out the proverbial fires for clients across the county, led him to altering his practice to universities only. After nearly 40 years of this work regime, he began writing in the year 2000 and has never looked back (“should have been doing this all along”).
The collection of books presented herein is clearly ecclectic in its composition. The Military Series is a one-of-a-kind documentation that provides details about ALL the U.S. Army’s forts, camps, military reservations, maneuver areas, POW camps and much more (in the U.S.). It is based on the author’s own travels around the country to conduct interviews, visit sites, and take the relevant photography for the books. The field work also included meeting with officials at military bases, military museums, local libraries, histocial foundations and more..
In the Troubled Women Series, each book has a basis in reality but then spun to tell a story. The Suspense and Intrigue Series derives indirectly from events that make the evening news.
FYI : Book costs are driven by printer costs and U.S. Media Mail cost.
I hope you’ll find something that appeals to you.