Red Fred's Dead: An autobiography of a Kid from San Diego

This is a highly entertaining, fast -moving, vibrant account of the life of a man who didn't always take the obvious pathways, but always made the most of the pathways he found himself along. This book offers a great deal of colorful detail about the boy's earliest days as a hardscrabble kid growing up in a big California family, through his high-spirited youth and all through his adult years, including great swaths of thrill-seeking time spent in South and Central America. We meet a great many characters from his life and are privy to the various escapades in which the lot of them engage....

Angelo La Jolla is my pen name. You will find out why I chose it within. I have always wanted adventure and did travel solo in most of the trips that I took. Dennis is my first name and the last name is omitted. In my retirement and for most of my life, I am referred to as The Tour Director. A benefit of living my life has made me pretty good at helping people to plan trips.

Speaking of a trip, writing this book has been a big one....