Remembering the 'Reminder'

Many of you remember my grandfather Phil Long. While your memories of him may vary according to popular opinion, one thing that I have both heard about and experienced was that he could yarn a good story. I have heard comments from folks that say stuff like, "Whether you could believe it or not it sure was a good story." He could always get a crowd to respond well whether or not they liked him or not. Just a gift I suppose, but, at any rate, quite successful at getting the job done.

Many of you may also remember the books that he authored as well. All of them written between 1959 to 19...