Nevada Bob Gordon

Frenchmen Art and Books is an independently owned and operated bookstore in New Orleans that now carries Nevada Bob Gordon's 50 Years with the Wrong Woman . The store can be found at 600 Frenchmen Street where it has been cultivating a following since 1978. If you check out their site you might find Delia Owens' Where the Crawdads Sing, which just happens to be a major motion picture that has been attracting audiences this summer. We're guessing that some day Nevada Bob's memoir will become a feature film. It's certainly worthy, a compelling story of resilience, with a mix of both action and humor A s its name proclaims,  Frenchmen Art and Books is more than a bookstore. They also feature original work by New Orleans artists Amzie Adams , David McPherson , Patrick Sart and others.  "I'm the fourth owner," owner David Zalkind told us. "My wife Gretchen and I own the store, and we have really good employees as well." Zalkind said the store s...

I have been a longtime fan of the work of Orson Welles. His War of the Worlds radio broadcast showed the power of the medium of radio. His entry into Hollywood grabbed a lot of attention right out of the chute with Citizen Kane . His camera angles were bold and the stories he produced in film were thought provoking. So at one point this all led me to read a biography or two about the man, which led me to discover yet another man who made a mark in Hollywood, the man who most influenced Welles, Josef Von Sternberg. The common denominator between these two men, the latter from an earlier era, was their determination to follow their own vision, to not cave in to the pressure to conform. The book Welles recommended, either in one of his interviews or one of the books I read, was Josef Von Sternberg's Fun in a Chinese Laundry . The book is essentially a memoir of a Hollywood director who shares anecdotes and stories about his life. One of his stories is about how he discovered Marlene ...

Singer/songwriter Nevada Bob visited Hibbing in 2021. Photo: G Firstenberg Nevada Bob Gordon life has been quite the adventure. While working with Bob on his memoir 50 Years with the Wrong Woman , I heard him on more than one occasion say,  “I don’t mind dying. I was more afraid of not living.” That statement encapsulates much of who he is, and the stories he tells in his soon to be published memoir simply string together a lifetime memories to illustrate this creed. This past six months I've learned that there are a lot of people waiting for his stories to be available in print. Here's what another author had to say about Bob's life story. “Bob is a bona fide Western Cowboy! His book is the spellbinding story of a hard-working family devoted to God, hard work, resilience, exciting jobs, and new adventures. Supported by a beautiful wife, they tackle new opportunities with humor and gusto. I found it hard to put the book down while waiting to turn the page t...