Biography / History / Memoir


Things Left Unsaid: My Dad, the Mob, and Growing Up in the Nevada Gaming Industry

After Glenn Wichinsky's parents divorced, his mother took him and his siblings away from their father's questionable life choices. Glenn grew up in a sheltered South Florida neighborhood, dreaming of becoming a meteorologist. It wasn't until he was thirteen, on a visit to Las Vegas to see the father he barely knew, that Glenn's eyes opened to a wider world. A far cry from his life in Florida, the trips he made to the Sands Hotel and Casino over the years to see his father felt like living in a movie.

Shelter of the Monument: A Provincetown Love Story

Sometimes the wrong person says the right thing, and it makes all the difference.
In this coming-of-age memoir we meet Richard, a handsome, charming, mischievous, great guy with a fondness for the 1980’s party drug of choice, cocaine. Yvonne is 11 years younger, awkward, terrified of her own shadow and even more frightened by the idea of disappointing anyone in her life.
Their attraction makes no sense.

The Notorious Adams Boys

The Notorious Adams Boys is the story of three musicians—Don, Gary, and Arnie Adams from Greenfield, Ohio—who traveled all over the United States and Canada in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, playing hundreds of shows a year with George Jones, Johnny Paycheck, Merle Haggard, Little Jimmy Dickens, Marty Robbins and many other country stars. Famous for their musicianship, the Adams Boys were equally infamous for their inability to behave. Their story is intriguing, exciting, and hilarious.

A Dream Life

Despite mounting evidence to the contrary, Wendy Swift believed the quintessential dream life she shared with her husband and three daughters was secure and enduring. A Dream Life traces Swift’s search for validation through marriage, motherhood, and social mobility, and the unraveling that follows.

“Kennedy’s Coup: A White House Plot, a Saigon Murder, and America’s Descent into Vietnam.”

I thought you might be interested in an interview about my forthcoming book, “Kennedy’s Coup: A White House Plot, a Saigon Murder, and America’s Descent into Vietnam.” Simon & Schuster will publish it on February 17, 2026. The book is about the Kennedy Administration’s secret encouragement of the 1963 military coup that led to the murder of South Vietnam’s defiantly nationalist president, Ngo Dinh Diem. Diem’s overthrow had disastrous consequences, opening the door to much deeper U.S. involvement in what became one of our most divisive and futile wars.

And It Only Took 100 Years...

AND IT ONLY TOOK 100 YEARS… is the remarkable true story of a man who lived through a century of change—onstage, behind the camera, and in love. From his days as a young Broadway actor and struggling understudy to his rise as President of Warner Television, Alan Shayne built a life defined by artistry, perseverance, and integrity. Through triumphs and heartbreaks, he never stopped chasing excellence, whether guiding Hollywood’s brightest stars, producing Emmy-winning television, or shaping the future of entertainment with care and vision.

San Francisco's Last Top 40 Disc Jockey

San Francisco’s Last Top 40 Disc Jockey is a candid, often humorous memoir tracing Wilber Johnson’s journey from the segregated South to major-market radio, where he became known on air as Don Sainte-Johnn. Moving through markets including Yuma, Modesto, St. Louis, Sacramento, San Diego, and ultimately San Francisco, Sainte-Johnn offers a firsthand account of the discipline, pressure, and personality that defined the Top 40-dominant era of American radio.

Life Flight

Greetings,
I am reaching out to share the story of my near-fatal accident, which I have documented in my memoir, Life Flight, which is now available on Amazon. The link is placed below. During my hospitalization, my hemoglobin dropped to 2.4, and I was in a coma for months, with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 8. My total hospitalization lasted approximately one year. Survival at that level is extremely rare, and recovery was long and uncertain.