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    Big Town Pool Room, Atlanta, GA Novel Series

    The second book in the Johnny Morocco mystery series set in Atlanta in 1953, and featuring Big Town is out. WRATH OF THE DIXIE MAFIA is followed by FAIR GAME. If you ever went into Big Town or attended the Great Southeastern Fair in Atlanta, this is for you. Available at Amazon, Barnes and...
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    BigTown Billiards Atlanta 1954

    Big Town I didn't mention it in my last post, but Ben was my dad.
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    BigTown Billiards Atlanta 1954

    I remember that very well. That was the second time he go caught in a "raid." Glad you liked the book. The second one in the same series should be out in 2016. Same Johnny and company. This one takes place at the Southeastern Fair. I'd like to talk to you off line or by phone sometime.
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    BigTown Billiards Atlanta 1954

    Flash...did you finish the book? What did you think of it?
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    BigTown Billiards Atlanta 1954

    If you know BT during the time in the book, you will recognize a lot. Of course it's fiction, but some of it will bring back some real memories.
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    BigTown Billiards Atlanta 1954

    Don't know if this will make the boards or not, but there is a novel out that has Big Town as a setting. It takes place in Atlanta in the early 1950's. It's a mystery and if you know BT or Atlanta, you'll recognize everything in it. The name is: THE WRATH OF THE DIXIE MAFIA. It's on Amazon and...
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    BigTown Billiards Atlanta 1954

    I think it was Family. I used to take my Dad up there to see Roy when both of them were quite old. My Dad passed away in 81. I don't know when we lost Roy.
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    BigTown Billiards Atlanta 1954

    I remember most to the names you mentioned. Roy Johnson was a very close friend of my Dad's. I used to see him at the pool room in Riverdale when he was still with us. To tell you how long ago it was at Big Town, Roy used to send me to the Krystal at 5 points to get him hamburgers. They were...
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    BigTown Billiards Atlanta 1954

    Big Town I spent many Saturday's there when I was a kid. My dad was one of the regulars and I'd go there and then go to the movies and wait till time to go home.
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