James Strauss

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“The Duke” by James Strauss

THE DUKE by James Strauss Darren worked every Saturday morning at the Cannon Club to clean the place for evening dinner.  The Officer’s Club was not large so he was the only busboy, just as he’d been the only slop boy the year before. The promotion had not come easy as Sergeant Cross, the Club’s manager, found him to be too good at cleaning plates and taking care of the kitchen.  His promotion only resulted from the prior busboy breaking his leg playing football and the obvious fact that Mr. Wu, the chef, could ...

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I was was born into a Coast Guard family during WWII. Had the fun of living in four countries and twenty-seven states, in places from South Manitou Island, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Honolulu, Hawaii. I have held a variety of positions in many careers, from being a Marine Corps Officer wounded in Vietnam, insurance agent, policeman, physician’s assistant, and a college professor in anthropology. As a CIA team leader in the field I traveled to 122 countries, where I remain welcome in most of them to this day. In the past few years I have published 8 novels.