Burning Ambition

About the Book

From his humble beginning in South Phila politics to his election as Governor of Penna Jim Devlin’s life is a story of true love and driving political ambition.

About the Author

John J. Riley is a retired piano restorer and merchant, having run his piano business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for fifty-seven years. He is a widower, the father of six children and grandfather of seven. After his retirement, he has written and published four books. Two Lives is his fifth effort. Mr. Riley’s writings have an element of yesteryear, of glorious memories of times and places of a gentle world. His characters evoke our memories of people we have and can identify with, ever so human, doing their best to survive in a hard and rude world. One of the top literacy critics wrote of Mr. Riley’s work, “His work leaves much to be desired to good writing construction, etc. But I find myself absolutely fascinated by his stories and his characters. He does possess the gift of Irish story-telling. I look forward to his writings in spite all of his literacy faults.”