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March 16, 2013 - 11am

Guest speaker at the Helen Hoffman Library Luncheon at Jacaranda Country Club located at 9200 West Broward Blvd, Plantation, Florida 33324 with 175 members attending.
BOOK TRIVIA
    THE STARLIGHT CLUB   CLUB

1 Red's horse operation was true.

2 Grey Beaux was a real horse.

3 A man did roll a car over someones legs

4 The Florida and Bronx adventures never happened

5 A man completed a 10 year sentence and was given a Vic Tanny workout center instead of a restaurant.5 A man completed a 10 year sentence and was given a Vic Tanny workout center instead of a restaurant.

6 Rocky Marciano did make a phone call to the boys and asked if Swifty could fight for him.make a phone call to

7 Swifty was a real fighter but in real life his name wasn't Swifty.                                                                                                                                              8 How Big Red got the Cadillac was true and explained in the book - except it wasn't bulletproofed.    

9 The Gallo's vending machines were destroyed in the bar - and the gang was split into small groups and sent to different locations in the 5 boroughs during the Gallo / Profaci war. 

10 Big Red did loan the young meat delivery man money so he could get his wife and newborn baby out of the hospital.

11 Tex's "Made By The Handicap" business was true and Tex was a real person."Made By The Handicap" business was true and Tex was a real person.
12 The truck hi-jacking was true.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 * * * THE OLD MAN AND THE KING * * * 


In the army a  medal of honor winner shared with me how he won his medal, explaining that he was alone in a pillbox and surrounded by the enemy. In the book I substituted the old man for him. You can read how it was told to me.                                                                                                                                 


                 how * * * THE TIME PORTAL * * *  


1 Lucky's partner robbed a jewelry store, then he paid back the money he stole. It is a true story and why he did it is told in the book. 

​2 The abandaoned train station in NYC still exists and is hiding in plain sight. The Willets Point station was re-opened and if you looked past the railings you'll see the long abandoned and neglected walkways leading from the station to the empty site of the old World's Fair.



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