Timberlake

About the Book

Timberlake, provides the reader with an insight to mid-America during the depression days, when folks in all walks of life were struggling to make ends meet. He takes us back from 1934 to 1942, a special time in the annals of American history and depicts a time when lives were shaped, molded, and tempered forever. Clint Timberlake experienced it all, from the silver mining camps in Colorado to the beaches of Guadalcanal, via the oilfields of Texas. Seems as though there were good times and bad times along the way. It was good times when he was sharing with Jan Paluski, a Texas beauty. Then came the bad times, when he had to deal with the ‘Boys’out of Chicago. Clint’s dad, Harvey, had gained $126,000 in one setting while playing poker in Chicago. A big problem developed when the ‘Boys’ thought they had been cheated, thereby causing enragement. This lead to brutalities, rape, and murder. A never-ending love story develops when Clint meets the beautiful, Irene Pendleton, a sophisticated widow from the Hamptons on Long Island, New York. All would be well if the ‘Boys’ would just forget about the money, but it was not to be. The men who worked with Timberlake knew him as a man’s man. The ladies knew him as a handsome gentleman. The ‘Boys’ knew him as “Hell on Wheels” and found them well greased!

About the Author

Burt Northcutt was born in San Angelo, Texas during the depression era and received his formal education in the Texas public school systems. After working in the oil exploration for a short while, he decided the military needed his services. In 1951, he joined the United States Marine Corp and served in Korea with Reconnaissance Company, First marine Division. Upon discharge from military service, he was employed by a major financial institution. During this period he attended Oklahoma City University and Abilene Christian University. Afterward, he continued in his chosen field of banking. Upon retirement he begin writing novels and choose the pseudonym, Grey Stone, to build recognition within the literary community. Presently, he has two books in the publication, Timberlake and Straight Arrow. His third book, a western murder mystery, is due for release in October 2008.