Flak Bait
By James P. Simpson and Geoffrey Leavenworth
"Jim Simpson is a national treasure—a B-26 bombardier over Germany, FBI agent, the special prosecutor who busted the mob in Galveston, trial lawyer, and tireless defender of free speech and the constitution. Flak Bait—the book's title comes from the name of one of the bombers Jim flew, which is now housed in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.—captures the folksy eloquence, wisdom, and rich life of my old friend from Texas City."
Gary Cartwright, Senior Editor, Texas Monthly
Flak Bait is a charming memoir by a man of principle who added his share of great to the Greatest Generation. Jim Simpson has always looked out for the underdog and the underrepresented, and we are a better society because he stood up to power and corruption.
Thomas Zigal, Author, Into Thin Air and The White League
Flak Bait makes it clear that Jim Simpson believes in full contact citizenship--defending the nation against tyranny in the skies over Germany, against organized crime in Chicago and Galveston, and against everyday attacks on the Constitution at the local school board and courthouse.
Liz Carpenter, the late author and former press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson
Flak Bait is a story that anyone interested in Galveston County history should read. Few individuals shaped modern Galveston County as much as James Simpson.
The Galveston County Daily News
By James P. Simpson and Geoffrey Leavenworth
"Jim Simpson is a national treasure—a B-26 bombardier over Germany, FBI agent, the special prosecutor who busted the mob in Galveston, trial lawyer, and tireless defender of free speech and the constitution. Flak Bait—the book's title comes from the name of one of the bombers Jim flew, which is now housed in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.—captures the folksy eloquence, wisdom, and rich life of my old friend from Texas City."
Gary Cartwright, Senior Editor, Texas Monthly
Flak Bait is a charming memoir by a man of principle who added his share of great to the Greatest Generation. Jim Simpson has always looked out for the underdog and the underrepresented, and we are a better society because he stood up to power and corruption.
Thomas Zigal, Author, Into Thin Air and The White League
Flak Bait makes it clear that Jim Simpson believes in full contact citizenship--defending the nation against tyranny in the skies over Germany, against organized crime in Chicago and Galveston, and against everyday attacks on the Constitution at the local school board and courthouse.
Liz Carpenter, the late author and former press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson
Flak Bait is a story that anyone interested in Galveston County history should read. Few individuals shaped modern Galveston County as much as James Simpson.
The Galveston County Daily News
Read James P. Simpson's obituary in The New York Times.
Watch James P. Simpson's Veterans Day speech in Houston, Nov. 11, 2003. Order Flak Bait from Amazon. |