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Bootleggers!!

During Prohibition, a state official once complained there were more illegal distilleries in operation in Santa Clara County than in any...

Gangsters in San Jose

Swirling around the Brooke Hart kidnapping was a belief that such a horrendous crime must have originated outside of their community. It...

The Brutality of San Jose's Cannery System

Long before there was a Silicon Valley, Santa Clara Valley was known for another industry. It was home of the fruit and vegetable food...

The park that inspired the novel: ST. JAMES PARK

St. James Park is the name of my forthcoming novel about a 1933 kidnapping. Many scenes take place in this park. St. James Park has been...

San Jose's Shame: The Kidnapping of Brooke Hart

The novel, St. James Park, reflects actual events that occurred in San Jose in 1933. Brooke Hart, was a recent graduate of the then...

Introducing: ST. JAMES PARK

St. James Park revolves around the events of a 1933 lynching in a downtown San Jose park. It is the first installment in The San Jose...

J. Savio