Celebrities/People of Note in Last of the Gladiators
“Earlier that year, after missing my ride, I was hitchhiking home from school in downtown…
Sam MartinAugust 7, 2024
First Person: Remembering Bobby Kennedy
I was eight years old the first time I saw my father cry. His former…
Sam MartinAugust 7, 2024
Airborne: Jimmy’s Medical Flight From NYC
American Express, along with Dad’s health insurance, assisted in the leasing of a Medevac Gulfstream…
Sam MartinAugust 7, 2024
Pop’s Meatballs & Sausages
When I was four years old, we moved to the same Brooklyn block where my…
Sam MartinAugust 7, 2024
Dedication & Acknowledgements
For My Father James M. La Rossa Esq. Prince of the City and the Most…
Sam MartinAugust 7, 2024
Epilogue: One More Cup of Coffee Before I Go
It wasn’t long after Jimmy died that I found myself standing alone in the big…
Sam MartinAugust 7, 2024
Chapter 13 – December 16, 1985: The Beginning of the End
For almost 40-years, my father was a moving target. He paused only for his yearly…
Sam MartinAugust 7, 2024
Chapter 6 – Giglio
Dad’s appointment to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York was…
Sam MartinAugust 7, 2024
Chapter 5 – Semper Fidelis: To War and Back
When I look back at Jimmy’s life, I can see the auspiciousness of the era…
Sam MartinAugust 7, 2024
Chapter 1 – Call Me Ishmael
So. I have spent much of my life trying to tease out the dissonance and…
Sam MartinAugust 7, 2024