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When the author and I met, I had recently retired as Director of the Sarasota County Library System and was eager to support local writers however I could. Paul was staffing his booth at the Fair, chatting and selling Second Fiddles. Of course, I bought a copy. I have been a fan ever since. As a librarian who likes to categorize things, I submit that ""stories"" isn't the most precise word to describe these writings. Because they include anecdotes, reminiscences, descriptive vignettes, romances, mysteries, commentaries, dialogues, plays, and skits, it seems as though there should be a more nuanced word to them. Still, I admit they are all well within the broad tradition of stories. The characters are kids and old geezers; farmers, and doctors; Native Americans and Polish immigrants. The settings range from mountain retreat to vintage carriage house. You will read about dreams, secrets and funny games. There is a delightful variety in these tales that Paul spins to entertain us. One of my favorites, ""The Green Box,"" is about a surprise from beyond the grave. Another describes an intriguing hiding place discovered during a game of ""Hide and Seek"". I love the humor but also the pathos. Plus, I found much here to encourage my own reflections. So pull up a comfortable chair, put up your feet, and give yourself over to the old-fashioned pleasure of Paul Cline's imagination. Nancy Pike L.D. Fargo Public Library, Lake Mills, WI 1973-1980 Wisconsin Interlibrary Services, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1980-1984 Sarasota County Library System 1985-2006

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Paul C. Cline is a retired university professor who founded the Political Science Department at James Madison University. He served for a time as executive assistant (second fiddle) to the President of then-Madison College, and for thirty-seven years taught hundreds of students in a very popular JMU department. Cline has co-authored several books on government and law-related topics and has published numerous articles. He writes stories for his family which now includes five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He served in United States Army Intelligence and practiced law for a time. He holds law and doctor of philosophy in government degrees. He has served in elective office, including city council and the Virginia House of Delegates.His recent books are Second Fiddles: Prime Example of Strength in the Shadows, focusing on those real and fictional persons who serve others, and He Was Just Sittin' There and Sagamore, two collections of his stories of exceptional persons and events of our towns and mountains, and those finally finding justice in their lives. Diane Cline is a retired Registered Nurse and educator. After high school, she was offered a scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania in journalism. She chose instead Nurses' Training. She served as Head Nurse of a Psychiatric Ward at Phipps Clinic of The Johns Hopkins Hospital, worked in a Pediatric Clinic, and also served at numerous universities and hospitals, among them George Washington University and the West Virginia University Medical Center. In addition to her own prose and poetry writing, she has edited Paul Cline's research and writing for more than sixty years. She and Paul have two daughters, five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

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