The history behind Timberline (or, Politics is Hell)
This novel is largely set in the summer of 1971. What was happening that year?

Ronald Reagan, snitch of the Golden State
Before becoming the president who wrecked the middle class and sold illegal arms to Iran, Ronald Reagan ruled California like an angry Tahitian demigod.

Up with People: Look away, look away!
Up with People! was a wholesome musical crusade that started with a dream. But, then, so did the Donner Party.

J. Edgar Hoover killed Joan of Arc
J. Edgar summed it all up: “There is something addictive about secrets.”

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