Glimpses of Glory

Ron Gawthorp is a semi-retired author who now lives
in the Alleghany Highlands of Virginia. A veteran writer of
some renown in community newspapers early in his life, he
has returned to writing after working in the oilfi elds. His
fi rst novel, Richer Than The Rockefellers, refl ected life in the oilfields of Illinois, his native state. Glimpses of Glory is his first published non-fiction work. In it he has tediously reconstructed the forgotten career of a professional baseballer from the roaring twenties through the depression.


Baseball was a lot different when it started than it
is today. These men were the pioneers of the sport. I think
it important to remember how they lived, the author says.
They worked hard, played hard and gave the game the grit
it needed to survive. I especially hope young readers will take
note of the way grew.


Gawthorp says that over the years he has stumbled
into a lot of stories he was unable to publish. Some are book
worthy and some are still only short stories, fi ction and nonfiction, but I am still looking to put them on the public plate. I am being much assisted by technological advances in the publishing field. The Good Lord willing and the electric stays on the grid, Ive got enough to keep me busy.


The author is an avid history buff and loves visiting
historic locations, research and learning. He lived 22 years
in West Virginia before retiring just over the mountain to
Millboro, VA.