Alex J GurbaAlexander John Gurba is a first time author with life experience in multiple occupations including; professional flight instructor, sworn police officer, emergency call evaluator, law courts para-legal agent, and business owner. He has always been vey active in community athletics, with a 45 year passion for coaching amateur football. His first retirement project was a four year commitment culminating with the completion a 22 foot, ocean capable, wooden motorboat called Aboat Time.His next project was writing and researching View from the Veranda. The inspiration for the book came at Christmas in 2019, when his 95 year old mother Hilda, opened her soul about growing up under several different European totalitarian regimes. Much of the time spent in developing the book went into research so historical information would be accurate. The positive feedback from his first book, has motivated him to research a second topic. Read More Read Less