THE TAHOE AFFAIR

About the Book

An intriguing story woven around a regular guy who starts life hitchhiking with his buddy and moves to Southern California and enters into the construction business. He is then elected to the California state senate. He soon has a devastating affair and is arrested for murder. Story moves to Carson City, Nevada. Richard is overtaken by revenge and takes on a dramatic plan to tunnel into the bottom of Lake Tahoe.

About the Author

Returning home in 1945 from serving two years in the infantry in Europe Richard entered the wholesale produce business in Los Angeles. In 1962 he became President of a large landscaping company. In 1968 he moved his family to Carson City Nevada where they owned 50 acres in Washoe Valley. He became fascinated with early 1850's mining history and eventually based THE TAHOE AFFAIR on some of those historical FACTS. In the late 1998's he made the decision to attempt to write the story 100 years later by tunneling into Lake Tahoe. The results of all the problems required leading up to a successful and exciting story leaves the reader with an exciting conclusion!