Gordon Long, PO, BSAE, MBA, Ph.D., Certified Curmudgeon, SMB, Author, Raconteur, was born in Girard, Burke County, Georgia, January 20, 1933. He earned his first degree, PO during ...view moreGordon Long, PO, BSAE, MBA, Ph.D., Certified Curmudgeon, SMB, Author, Raconteur, was born in Girard, Burke County, Georgia, January 20, 1933. He earned his first degree, PO during his first seventeen years in and around Girard. (PO is pronounced Poe, as in Edgar Allen.)Long's first book chronicled his move from being a few economic side-steps away from a share-cropper, into the academic world. LIVIN PO IN SANDBED HELL, and the second edition, LIVING PO IN SANDBED HELL-REDUX cover the recalls of his life from birth to age 17.Long's second book, "Murder from the Start" is a thriller with an murderous professor as the main character. The book explores the intricacies of the secret life of a mild-mannered hit man and his numerous aliases.Long's third book, "Escapee from Sandbed Hell" begins when he boards the NANCY HANKS for his first train ride and entry into to the United States Air Force. It recounts Long's coming of age as he shifts through various life stages, including soldier, student, engineer, and professor, and the correllary geographic shifts.Long threatens to finish writing "Old Capital Murders," another book featuring the murderous professor, who is again meting out his own personal justice on people of questionable ethics and morals.view less