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Author Talk – Rick Gehweiler – “The Quake that Drained the Desert”

Patagonia Public Library 346 Duquesne Ave, Patagonia

Rick Gehweiler is a Marine Corps veteran and former helicopter pilot who flew combat missions in Vietnam. His memoir, Pop A Smoke, recounts his experiences flying the Sikorsky H-34 with HMM-362. After a career that included years operating the Bighorn River Lodge in Montana, Rick turned to fiction. He is the author of The Letter Y Murders and Desert Flower, the first two novels in the Travis Steele Mystery Series.