by Paul McHugh | Dec 11, 2019 | Articles, Articles - Archives, Reviews
Togo, the lead dog for champion musher Leonhard Seppala, was the true hero of the original Race for Mercy. In March of 1998, I stretched slightly from my usual beat as outdoors writer/editor at the San Francisco Chronicle to do an “elective,” a feature story on...
by Paul McHugh | Aug 5, 2017 | Reviews
The Blind Pool Paul McHugh No price is too great for the scalp of the enemy king. Alexander Koblentz, chessmaster Chapter 1 Florida’s Overseas Highway is a gray band linking isles of the Keys via bridges that arch over channels of turquoise water. On this day, as...
by Paul McHugh | Aug 18, 2015 | Articles - Recent, Reviews
I am a writer. I am a story-teller. Stories are the way we tell ourselves about life, the earth, and each other. They are the way we create and order awareness. How we explain ourselves and all our deeds. The way we lead ourselves through a day, as well as how we...
by Paul McHugh | Aug 8, 2015 | Reviews
Deadlines Paul McHugh A novel of murder, conspiracy and the media, set in the San Francisco Bay Area in the fall of 2007. Alcatraz The Official Guide Paul McHugh A battleship-shaped island, wrapped in fog and isolated in the middle of one of the world’s most...
by Paul McHugh | Aug 8, 2009 | Reviews
Anyone who grew up in America in the late 20th Century had to be aware of Dan Rather’s fabled run of 24 years as the anchor of the CBS Evening News. Myself, I’ve been a fan ever since that tough Texas correspondent bearded the wily Richard Nixon at a presidential news...
