Local Author Series – Gary Gordon

Author, musician, and former Mayor-Commissioner Gary Gordon grew up in Gainesville. His first novel, Crossfire Canyon, was published by Zebra Books; his two editions of Southern California Travel Smart were published by John Muir. Set in Gatorville and published last year in paperback, Chief Mican’s Revenge is the satirical tale of the clash between the Mican Indians and the Columbus-DeLeon Construction Company in what might be the first and last Great Mall & Indian War.

Gary Gordon

Gary grew up in Gainesville, Florida, worked as a waiter, record store manager (at Hyde & Zeke Records), musician and activist after attending Emory U. and graduating with a journalism degree from Northwestern University in 1974. He served on the Gainesville City Commission and was Mayor-Commissioner from 1985 to 1986. He wrote and produced plays locally and produced the weekly Gary Gordon Comedy Hour on WUFT-FM. He was a writer, musician, spoken word artist and producer after moving to Los Angeles in 1991. Among his productions in L.A. was the critically acclaimed play “O.J. Law.” His first novel, Crossfire Canyon, was published by Zebra Books. He is the author of the first and second editions of Southern California Travel Smart, published by John Muir. He is married and returned to Gainesville in October, 2017. Chief Mican’s Revenge was published in paperback late last year.

Chief Mican’s Revenge

Chris Columbus is a developer with a passion to build malls. Appointed Admiral of the Ocean Prairie by Governor Job Sparky, he’s all set to create his masterpiece on the vacant land just south of Gatorville. What he doesn’t know—what no one knows, is that a Native American tribe has been living, undiscovered, in the woods by the prairie for over 200 years! When a Mican warrior shoots Columbus with an arrow, the whole town, the whole country soon find out, and battle lines are drawn. And, just like Romeo & Juliet, Columbus’s assistant Zebulon Pike has fallen in love with Sarai, Chief Mican’s daughter!

Chief Mican’s Revenge is the dramatic, outrageous, satirical tale of the clash between the Mican Indians, the Columbus-DeLeon Construction Company, and the citizens of Gatorville. Follow the exploits of Columbus, Chief Mican, Gov. Sparky, Professor Paul Revere, campus activist Sam Adams, Sheriff Andy, “Shotgun” Flora, state legislators Speck and Manson, banker D.B. Cooper, renowned defense attorney Clarence Darwin, and the young lovers as the national news media descends upon them to cover what could be the first, and last, Great Mall & Indian War.