Then They Flew

About the Book

This book is a compilation of a life well spent as a world traveler and police commander with the Richmond Virginia Police Department. It is presented as is life, in the form of short stories of police operations and life lessons in other areas. There is much humor inside, because this is the way I saw my life. There is, as well, serious and well-thought-out tales that occurred over a lifetime of living.

About the Author

Sherrell Michael Smith Jr., also the author of People of the Mist (copyrighted 2011), having lived nearly seventy years on planet Earth, spent a goodly number of them as a policeman with the Richmond Virginia Police Department. This is where many of the stories presented here originated. After much prodding from friends and family members, he would think to himself, “When pigs fly.” In this autobiographical novel, his life is revealed to us in the form of short stories. Thus the name of this novel, Then They Flew, is presented for your review.