WSAZ TV Channel 3 in Huntington, WV did an excellent job with their interview of me discussing my investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew
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Author: James b. Wells
JAMES B. WELLS is a retired criminology and criminal justice professor in the School of Justice Studies in the College of Justice, Safety, and Military Science at Eastern Kentucky University, and is the recipient of the 2025 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences John Howard Award, an award given intermittently, upon significant demand, to recognize an individual who has made significant and sustained contributions to the practice of corrections. A former carpenter, soldier, and correctional officer in a super-maximum-security prison and later as a researcher/planner assisting architects in prison design, he has multiple degrees, including an M.S. in Criminal Justice, a Ph.D. in Research, and an MFA in Creative Writing. He’s authored or co-authored over sixty-five books, chapters, articles, and essays, as well as over a hundred and fifty research reports for various local, state, and federal agencies. Recent essays from his research and memoir work appear or are forthcoming in Collateral Journal, About Place Journal, Wild Roof Journal, Military Experience and the Arts, The Wrath-Bearing Tree, Shift, Proud to be: Writing by American Warriors, Trajectory Journal, and From Pen to Page III: More Writings from the Bluegrass Writers Coalition.
His investigative memoir about his father's still CIA-classified death in Vietnam in 1965, titled Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew, will be launched on Father's Day weekend, 2025. Links to publications, presentations, trailers, social media, blog, and other information can be found at https://jamesbwells.com. James enjoys spending much of his leisure time with his spouse on their Lexington, Kentucky farm located on the palisades of the Kentucky River, where he is an organic gardener and beekeeper.
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Event at Our Heroes Military Museum
Our last event in Maine was at Our Heroes Military Museum in Lincoln. This is an incredible museum, all run by volunteers, most of whom are veterans. The veterans who attended the author event for my investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew, asked some […]
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Podcast with Mission 22
Marcus Farris, an Army Veteran, engineer, and psychological operations officer who serves as the Post-Traumatic Growth Director at Mission 22, a non-profit organization that teaches veterans and families how to recover, reconnect, and rebuild, recently interviewed me for their Resiliency Program, a holistic initiative designed to support veterans, active-duty military, and their families in healing […]
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Event at Ellsworth Public Library
The Ellsworth Public Library and Union River Book and Toy Company hosted a fantastic author event last night for my investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew. I want to extend special thanks to Assistant Director Renee McManus and, particularly, to Berit Becker, the Communications […]
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Event at Collingswood Book Festival
Brenda and I had a fantastic time at the Collingswood Book Festival in New Jersey. This was one of the largest book festivals we have ever attended, featuring over six blocks of streets lined with two rows of 10×10 pop-up tents where authors sold their books. The weather was perfect, sales were great; we sold […]
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Event with Lutheran Men’s Book Club
Last night in Crestview Hills, Kentucky, I met with a fantastic group of men, all of whom are affiliated with the Lutheran Church. They chose my investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father they Never Knew, as the book for their club to read and study this month. […]
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Fall Book Tour Continues
Our Fall Book Tour with my investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew, continues: September 30 | Crestview Hills, KY | Book Club Meeting | Discussion and Signing Because | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Books will be available at the event. October 4 […]
On the 60th anniversary of my father’s death in Vietnam on September 27, 1965, I want to highlight that he was a whistleblower long before the term “whistleblower” was widely recognized. His first documented case occurred in March 1948 when he was a 21-year-old Provost Sergeant at the Nürnberg War Crimes Trials. Other documented instances […]
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Seek the Truth
Not bad advice for current times from someone who witnessed the lies throughout most of the Vietnam War. BTW, Chuck has focused much of his post-Vietnam War life on being the co-founder of Project RENEW, which focuses on mitigating war legacies, including UXO and Agent Orange/dioxin.
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Print Media Still Pays Off
Special thanks and gratitude to Stephen Vest, publisher of Kentucky Monthly, and to Steve Flairty’s Book Review, “Deeply Personal Search,” of my investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew, and to Kentucky author and Poet Laureate, Richard Taylor, for his terrific testimonial of my book […]
James B. Wells 