Author Chris Rodell is America’s most swashbuckling feature writer. His forte isn’t politics, sports or law. It’s folks. Governor Tom Ridge says: “Rodell writes about people the way Sinatra sings about New York, unflinching about the gritty realities, but with abiding affection and relentless positivity about the future.”

 

All for the sake of a story, Rodell wrestled alligators, raced Ferraris, leapt out of high-altitude airplanes, flirted with death atop a bed of nails, and gained 20 pounds in one week eating like Elvis. His best-selling books include, ”Arnold Palmer: Homespun Stories Of The King,” about his oddball friendship with one of the planet’s most popular and beloved men, and, “Use All The Crayons!

 

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