Dogs of Summer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692241936)

Bruce Canoles spent his youth wandering the woods and creek banks of his rural Alabama hometown. While attending Auburn University, Bruce's keen interest in politics flourished. During that time, he met a local state trooper who was attempting to unseat a powerful and entrenched sheriff giving Bruce an early glimpse into the uniquely powerful office of county sheriff. After earning his PhD, he began a 21-year career with Merrill Lynch, where he authored or co-authored several published technical articles in trade journals. Bruce retired from the brokerage firm and moved back to Alabama where he has settled in the Mays Bend community on Logan Martin Lake with his wife, Jan. Bruce has always believed that the best novelists craft their creations from a full and varied life experience. He has been fortunate to travel extensively and share time with many interesting and extraordinary individuals. "Real life is the seed bed for good fiction." Dogs of Summer is his second completed novel.