The Bear and the Mafia

By Allan E. Braun Jr.

In the tumultuous year of 1897, the echoes of impending assassinations shadow Jay Garcia across the vast expanse of the land. Meanwhile, his son John, freshly graduated from Yale, thrusts himself into the tumultuous world of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, immersing himself in the throes of war that stretch from the corridors of Washington to the shores of Panama, Cuba, and the tumultuous Russo-Japanese conflict. An odyssey of adventure unfolds for John, a kaleidoscope of experiences that propel him through the annals of history.
Concurrently, Jay charts his own precarious course, entangled in the shadowy dealings of the mafia, bearing witness to the Wright brothers' historic flight, and encountering more assassins amidst the sweltering intrigue of Jacksonville, Florida. But peril is an ever-present companion in their lives. John grapples for survival amid the rubble of the San Francisco earthquake, and both Garcias narrowly elude death's grasp under the circus tent. The insidious demands of the mafia drag them further into the treacherous depths of the criminal underworld.
As the danger tightens its grip, a question lingers: Can they elude the relentless pursuit of assassins and endure the mafia's suffocating hold? The fate of Riverside's businesses hangs in the balance, a precarious inheritance that may either fortify or consume them whole.
Step into the world of the Riverside empire and the Garcia family, where danger intertwines with ambition, and survival becomes an unending gamble against the forces that seek to unravel them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CVQBYHV3
• ISBN13: 9798879619577
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"