James B. WellsNot 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.
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 […]
Katerina Stoykova recently interviewed me about my investigative memoir Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew on WUKY’s Accents Podcast. https://www.wuky.org/podcast/accents/2025-09-17/james-b-wells
Brenda and I spent the day yesterday at the North Georgia Book Fair on the campus of the University of North Georgia (UNG). I left that campus (North Georgia College (NGC) then) more than 30 years ago to take on a position at Eastern Kentucky University that allowed me to not only teach but also […]
The Suspicious Minds and Snacktime Book Club, which was formed as a result of my book, welcomed me with welcome arms, food, and gifts when I showed up for their fifth meeting about my book. This book club impressed me so much. They came with lists of questions, and when discussing the book in one […]
On my mother’s birthday this year, the same day we start our fall book tour, I can’t help but think of her involvement in my story and what led to my investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew. In many of my father’s 400 letters, […]
Brenda and I enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Spindletop Hall, accompanied by an engaging audience that asked insightful questions about my investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew. I would like to thank Cheryl Jones, the chairperson of SpindleKindles Book Club, and Becca Morrison, the […]
I am super excited about this author event with SpindleKindles Book Club at Spindletop Hall on September 4th. Interest has grown so much that the Alumni Club Member Services Director has had to switch to a buffet-style dinner to serve everyone more efficiently. Given that this event is the first one of our fall tour […]
As a result of my investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew, being released, these amazing women from the Odyssey Charter School in Georgia decided to form their book club, which they named “Suspicious Minds & Snacktime.” I was so taken with their themed menu […]
What an incredible author event Highland Books hosted for my investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew, at the Mary C. Jenkins Center in Brevard, NC! Over one hundred people attended, making this event almost as popular as my memoir’s initial launch. What made it […]
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