In 1960 Potter died and left his fortune to his only living heir Jack Curtis. Meanwhile, George Bailey retires and turns the Building and Loan over to his son Pete. However, enemies are conspiring to destroy the wonderful improvements Jack and Pete have brought about.
In 2014 it was claimed college football now had a true playoff to determine a champion. A careful and detailed examination of the new process, however, reveals that in reality very little has changed. This slender volume details how the current situation came to be and how it is maintained, as well as how it is unfair, arbitrary, discriminatory, and downright corrupt.
Where is the Glory - A Saga of Tragedy and Triumph
A Classic Western: In 1861, Cader Mitchell has a large family and a prosperous business in Covington County Mississippi. He owns no slaves in a society where slave ownership is seen as the ultimate show of status. However, political events have been spinning out of control for years. The new Confederate government promises a glorious future of low taxes and low prices. Two years later, after a conscription act, six sons are dead. The economy is in shambles and unbelievable disaster is unfolding.
A Classic Western: Jim Harris frequently broke into song as he returned to Texas. He was now on the last leg of the trek home, and it was clear he was anxious to finish the journey. David Hubbard and Ben Burris from neighboring Parker County accompanied him as they continued south. Jim had a good reason to be happy. He had four thousand dollars in his pocket from the sale of his cattle back in Abilene. Now, he was looking forward to providing his wife with the better life she had been demanding since their wedding day.
Nick Moultrie is drafted into the US Army at the height of the Vietnam War. By dumb luck, the new lieutenant avoids being shipped to Vietnam and is assigned to Fort Benjamin McCulloch, Texas.
Follow Nick as he navigates the minefields of matrimony, corrupt or incompetent commanding officers, persecution, and saving the lives of his men during a shootout with an antiwar terrorist group. His entertaining tale is humorous, eye-opening, and unexpectedly uplifting.
A Skeleton in the Closet - The History of the Laslow Family
A Classic Western: In 1946, Jeffery Laslow returned with his wife to his hometown of Caldwell for the funeral of his grandfather (Steven Edward 'Big Ed' Laslow), who was a prominent attorney. At the funeral, Mitsy notices the grave of Jacob Laslow, who was hanged in 1882, and Jeff asks relatives who the man was. Everyone assures him the man was not a relative. Later at his grandmother's home, he discovers a name has been blotted out in the the family bible. He suspects the erased name is the executed man and begins to research why no one knows about him.
Neil was born in Mississippi; his father who had been a US Navy veteran of World War II joined the US Air Force. This gave Neil the opportunity to travel the United States and Europe. He attended high school in Florida and then obtained college degrees in Political Science and Accounting. He then spent three years in the US Army finishing his service as a 1st Lieutenant in the military police. Finishing his service at Fort Stewart, Georgia he had many experiences which serve as the basis of his fictional novel A Stateside Tour of Duty. After careers as a teamster and as an tax preparation expert he has turned to his lifelong dream of writing. Now as a retired widower he enjoys retirement and time with his grandchildren while desiring to see the current 4-team college football playoff terminated and replaced with a true 16-team playoff.
Now as a retired widower, Neil enjoys telling a great story and researching unusual historical facts. He has two living children, fourteen grand-children, and eight great-grandchildren, makes his home in Provo, Utah.
Neil won the William Faulkner Literary Competition novel category in late 2020 for Where is the Glory - The Cader Daniel Mitchell Story. It was published by Pale Horse Publications in July 2022 with the title of: Where is the Glory - A Saga of Tragedy and Triump in the Western genre.
A Stateside Tour of Duty
A Stateside Tour of Duty
From the back cover:
Nick Moultrie is drafted into the US Army at the height of the Vietnam War. By dumb luck, the new lieutenant avoids being shipped to Vietnam and is assigned to Fort Benjamin McCulloch, Texas. As a pencil pusher for the military police on base, he is safe from the mortal perils of ambushes and booby traps in Southeast Asia, yet he faces other perils almost daily in his mostly desk job stateside. His poorly disciplined unit more resembles the Keystone Cops than professional law enforcement personnel. Lieutenant Moultrie finds himself surrounded by incompetent or corrupt commanding officers, and he never knows when the mind-numbing tedium of his job will suddenly erupt into a crazy, senseless episode in which people are killed and military careers are destroyed. Nick finds refuge and solace in a few friends and honorable commanders whom he can trust. Seeking relief from loneliness, he looks up a buxom girlfriend (Samantha Starr) with whom he had a fling in college, and, while on a few days' leave, proposes to her. Soon he finds himself enjoying the pleasures and tiptoeing through the minefields of matrimony. Gradually his lust for what he first regarded as a sex object turns into genuine love for a peer and an intelligent, intuitive friend. A terrifying dream six months into her first pregnancy convinces Samantha she will die if she gives birth in the ramshackle Army hospital. She goes to live with her parents, where the dream proves prophetic as she narrowly escapes death even in the better-equipped Phoenix hospital. When a callous Red Cross official refuses to inform Nick of these developments, he explodes in anger and retribution, resulting in persecution from his superiors in command. The final insult is his being relieved of duty for a very minor infraction committed while saving the lives of his men in a shootout with an antiwar terrorist group. Nick must somehow find a way to avoid ending his military service in disgrace. As he leaves Fort McCulloch a much wiser-and jaded-man, Nick looks back on the unbelievable events he has endured. His entertaining tale is humorous, eye-opening, and unexpectedly uplifting.
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Paperback by Neil Mitchell,
566 pages Publisher: Mainspring Books -
April 3, 2024 Language: English ISBN-13: 979-8891140417 Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.26 x 9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.81 pounds
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Where There is Life There is Always Hope - A Sequel to It's A Wonderful Life
Where There is Life There is Always Hope - A Sequel to It's A Wonderful Life
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In 1960 Henry F. Potter died and left his fortune to his only living relative and heir, a poor Texas rancher named Jack Curtis. Jack refuses to sell his business interests to those who might continue Potter's ways and strives to improve Cayuga National Corporation. (formerly Potter Industries). Meanwhile, George Bailey retires and turns the Building and Loan over to his son Pete, who enlarges and renames the business However, enemies are conspiring to destroy the wonderful improvements Jack and Pete have brought about. Also, the economy of the 1980s was in free fall with many thrifts becoming insolvent. Jack and Pete have to find a way out of the dilemma to save their businesses as well as the town of Bedford Falls.
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Paperback by Neil Mitchell, 194 pages Publisher: Mainspring Books -
March 21, 2024 Language: English ISBN-13: 979-8891140509 Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.45 x 9 inches Shipping Weight: 10.2 ounces
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Where is the Glory: A Classic Western
Where is the Glory - A Saga of Tragedy and Triumph
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Terrible Things Can Happen to Good People Through No Fault of Their Own
In 1861, the new Confederate government promised a glorious future to its citizens. By 1863 six of Cader and Sarah Mitchell’s seven sons were dead after being conscripted by the army. Confiscatory taxes in kind were being collected and paper money was useless as hyperinflation ravaged the economy.
This was the reality for the Mitchell family, who lived in Covington County, Mississippi, during the American Civil War. The government’s promise of a glorious future had departed, leaving only ruin and devastation in its wake. Cader and Sarah knew they had to find a way for the rest of their family to survive and strive for glory in the future.
This drama that unfolded in the unsuccessful Southern war for independence featured many innocent citizens who became involved in what they called “a rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight.” As plundering armies looted the South, the family found they had no choice but to become involved.
The saddest part of the story is that it is all true. It is the story of my third-great-grandparents, Cader and Sarah Mitchell.
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Paperback by Neil Mitchell,
400 pages Publisher: Independently Published by Neil Mitchell
Published: Approx May/June, 2025 - Awaiting Republishing via Amazon
Previous Publishing revoked from: Pale Horse Publications / Outlaws Publishing LLC Language: English ISBN-13: Awaiting Amazon Approval Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches Shipping Weight: estimated at 1.2 pounds
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The Great College Football Playoff Hoax
The Great College Football Playoff Hoax
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In 2014 the powers that be claimed to have finally provided college football with a true playoff to determine a champion in the sport. ESPN, bowl committees, sports radio, and many pundits have extolled the new system. A careful and detailed examination of the new process, however, reveals that in reality very little has changed. The new system preserves the old organization, which ensured that only a few teams would ever be considered for the championship. It puts the Power Five leagues into the position of a closed shop, where no one outside their membership will ever be considered for the four slots the current college football playoff (CFP) allows. The other five leagues (known as the mid-majors) are a perpetual junior varsity that stands on the sidelines praying for a chance to stand briefly outside the shado of the big guys, who pat them on the head occasionally. ESPN and the bowl committees, along with the league commissioners of the Power Five conferences have had their way for far too long. It is time for fans around the country to demand a sixteen-team playoff. This slender volume details how the current situation came to be and how it is maintained, as well as how it is unfair, arbitrary, discriminatory, and downright corrupt. Despite what pro-CFP pundits maintain, college football remains the only sport played on college campuses that has no true national champion. The University of Central Florida is the latest victim of the CFP hoax to be excluded from a chance to prove themselves. Before them were Utah, Boise State, and Texas Christian University. It is time for college football fans to force the so-called Power Five to move over and allow others at the main table of college football. COMMON SENSE DEMANDS IT!
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Paperback by Neil Mitchell, 102 pages Publisher: Brigham Distributing -
October 1, 2018 Language: English ISBN-10: 0692164936 ISBN-13: 978-0692164938 Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.4 x 8.9 inches Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
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Small Silver Coins: A Classic Western
Small Silver Coins - A Tale of the American West
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Jim Harris frequently broke into song as he returned to Texas. He was now on the last leg of the trek home, and it was clear he was anxious to finish the journey. David Hubbard and Ben Burris from neighboring Parker County accompanied him as they continued south. Ben shook his head and commented, “We left them doggies up in Abilene. So you don’t need to sing to us.” “I’m a very happy man, Ben. I’ll see Brenda shortly, and I can’t help but sing,” Jim had a good reason to be happy. He had four thousand dollars in his pocket from the sale of his cattle back in Abilene. Now, he was looking forward to providing his wife with the better life she had been demanding since their wedding day. That provided a cause to be jubilant. With a grin, Jim explained, “Brenda and I have only been married six months, and most of the last two I spent driving those cows to market. now she won’t have anything to complain about since I won’t have to be gone so much and have plenty of money to spend on her.” Dave Hubbard sighed. “If she’s like most women, she’ll find something to complain about.”
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Paperback by Neil Mitchell, 302 pages Publisher: Outlaws Publishing LLC -
January 31, 2025 Language: English ISBN-13: 979-8230082842 Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.63 x 9 inches Shipping Weight: 14.3 ounces
