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A Hundred Secrets: Volume 2 is the continuation of an anthology of a hundred books, a compilation of William A. Stricklin's short-short stories in which he introduces the hundred secrets that triggered his curiosity, some resolved, others not. How did Jesus behave as a teenager? ("Lost Years of Jesus") What in his history led our President who torments immigrants to ape his immigrant mother's elaborate hairstyle, a "dynamic orange swirl"? ("Hairitage") Instead of 50/50 property division in a divorce, if you wanted to take everything, what might you do with impunity to get 100%? ("Carole's Secret - A Perfect Crime"). Open A Hundred Secrets: Volume 2 at any page to enjoy a good read!
About the Author
William A. Stricklin is a Phi Beta Kappa scholar who earned his AB with honors at the University of California, Berkeley. He continued his education by obtaining a Doctor of Laws JD degree at Harvard Law School and cloak-and-dagger training at Fort Holabird United States Army Counterintelligence School learning Cold War spy-craft. Active in California, Hawaii and Washington law practice, Stricklin sat ring-side with first-hand, authentic, and personal experiences in Federal service. Stricklin's eighty years of life richly lived combine to make the tales in A Hundred Secrets: Volume 2 totally accurate and a very good read.
About the author
William A. Stricklin is a Phi Beta Kappa scholar who earned his AB with honors Phi Beta Kappa at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1959. He was Cal student body president and selected as the outstanding cadet of the United States Army ROTC program at UC Berkeley; then trained at Fort Lewis, Washington; then Infantry Officer Training School at Fort Benning, Georgia, qualified as an expert using Army .45 caliber pistols, M-1 rifles and anti-tank bazookas. Cloak-and-dagger training at U.S. Army Counterintelligence School, Fort Holabird, Maryland, followed, learning Cold War spy-craft; six years active and reserve military service - then service as Correspondence Assistant to the Vice President of the United States for the final eighteen months of the Eisenhower Administration; followed by earning doctor of laws JD degree at Harvard Law School in 1964. For 20 years William A. Stricklin continues working for the Federal government headquartered in San Francisco while he lives in Alameda, California, with his wife Rebecca Robbins PhD and their two cats Zorro and Jupiter.
