A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, Adrian O'Connor belatedly followed the advice of his dear mother--"Go to newspapers, young man"--and ended up spending forty years in the inky-wretch(ed) indust...voir plusA native of Jersey City, New Jersey, Adrian O'Connor belatedly followed the advice of his dear mother--"Go to newspapers, young man"--and ended up spending forty years in the inky-wretch(ed) industry. First, though, there was extended pursuits of the history muse, as witnessed by his two degrees--BA, Randolph-Macon College (1976), and MA, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (1979)--in that discipline. Over those forty years, his ports of journalistic call included Petersburg, Emporia, South Boston, Danville and Winchester, all in Virginia. This book is O'Connor's second compilation of writings for The History Press.voir moins