Shaking Hands with the Devil

History is a record of past events. It is a systematic account of people and events. History must be accurate. Historians use guidelines to research and write History. It should be written with a neutral point of view. All aspects of the historically significant individual must be researched, evaluated, verified, and placed into the perspective of the time it occurred. Most importantly, the events should be accurate and truthful. This book is more Historical Revisionism than History. My view is neither neutral nor secondhand. However controversial and outrageous the recorded events may appear, they are, in fact, True! The truth, of course, is not only an adequate defense but also the purpose of my writing.

John is a lifelong academic and professional author, publishing three non-fiction volumes. He began his career as a researcher at CBS-WCAU TV as director of Research; followed by high-level government positions in Philadelphia politics. Namely; Executive Assistant to the Mayor of Philadelphia from 1970-1980, where he continued writing position papers, background investigations, speeches, and political research. He left that position in 1980 when he became the executive assistant to the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and was followed by managing the campaign for the incumbent Philadelphia District Attorney. During his entire career, John graduated from five different graduate schools obtaining 3 master's degrees and dual Ph.D. degrees in Psychological Research and also Forensics. John continued his love of knowledge and today does pro-bo work as a behavioral psychologist in the Pennsylvania prison system, where he authored his latest work entitled "Facts of Life," which is a non-fiction volume depicting the narratives of adjustment and adaptation older males serving life sentences published 2022.

John lives in Ambler Pennsylvania, with his wife of 52 years and his four married daughters and 10 grandchildren.