As a Boy Scout, Peter Baird fought in the Cold War by scanning the skies over Moscow, Idaho for inbound Soviet aircraft. He fought other wars as well, with paralytic polio, rock n roll, his mother s cancer and his father s Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from a World War Two gunshot wound. As an adult, Baird became a professional magician who gave shows across the country to benefit cancer research. He also became a trial lawyer who represented his wife before the United States Supreme Court in a freedom of belief case, Ernesto Miranda of the famous Miranda case, the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. which had been infiltrated by government spies, and four Hare Krishna members charged with loitering. As a man, Baird battled depression, made stupid mistakes, endured divorce, was accused of child abuse by his mentally ill daughter, suffered literary rejection, confronted herpes in Las Vegas, published a novel, and reconciled with his father as the old man descended into Alzheimer s. Throughout, Baird wrote essays and stories - sometimes hilariously funny and sometimes profoundly serious - about life as he lived it, and law as he practiced it. They are all here in Protecting Moscow From the Soviets. Winner of the 2009 San Fransico Book Festival Award for Compilations/Anthologies
The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Peter Baird's PROTECTING MOSCOW FROM THE SOVIETS is the gift that keeps on giving: a collection of haunting, hilarious, even profound tales and personal trials. At times confessional and self-mocking, but always insightful, Baird's direct style opens avenues of thought and personal inquiry to the appreciative reader. This reader has seen war, magic, law, and life through Baird's uniquely gifted vision. Also included are a few chapters from Baird's fine novel, BEYOND PELELIU. Valuable works, both.
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