Excerpt 1: From the Pits to the Pits
“It was 7:00 am on Saturday, October 15, 1988. In front of me sat a mirror full of cocaine, a glass of gin and a handgun. I had been up since Friday morning. I’d partied all night long. Diana was gone for the weekend. My friends had left and I was alone. I started to slide into a deep depression. The alcohol could no longer numb me. There was never enough cocaine. I had achieved everything I set out to do since entering the Chicago Board of Trade in September of 1979. I had the admiration of my family, friends and co-workers. I was worth $2,000,000. I was on my way to making another $1,000,000 in 1988 alone. I had traveled the world from Austria to Tahiti. I had raced my Ferrari, bought Rolexes, traveled thousands of miles in limousines, thrown wild parties and built the house of my dreams. I was 26-years-old. I had no desire to make it to my 27th birthday. So I picked up the gun and jammed it in my mouth.”

Excerpt 2: From the Pits to the Pits
…..I worked on my relationships with men and more specifically, with my father. I talked with other men about my relationship with my father in the present and the past. I did what is called, “Going down to the ashes”, the place within me that is in the muck, the bottom of the well so to speak. This is the place where all of the hurtful, painful feelings reside in our soul. Here resided the real thoughts and feelings I had about my Dad. I had peeled the onion so far down in the last five years I was able to get to that place. I was able to reveal my inner-most feelings having to do with my father. There was no drugs or alcohol in my system to cover the hate, anger and raw fear I had about my Dad. These things had to be confronted - and I was ready.

What I found in the ashes were years of pent-up rage, anger and fear. During that weekend I raged about him and the ways he treated me through my life. I raged at his lack of emotions and about his constant drinking. I raged about my father’s complete ignorance of the intense feels that bounced around my soul every minute of every day. I had no clue what they were. I needed guidance. I needed compassion. I received none of this! My father was an absent father. He provided monetarily and that was it. I needed more. Much, much more.

When puberty hit, it was all out chaos within myself. Puberty was the time I needed my father the most and that is when he failed me the most. I raged and raged. Finally I revealed that my father went to my mother and said that he couldn’t handle me. After that, she would have to be responsible for raising me the rest of the way. No wonder I was a mamma’s boy!

Abstract: From the Pits to the Pits

From the Pits to the Pits, chronicles the sixteen-year journey of a 17-year-old boy entering the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) as a runner and working his way through the ranks to become a million-dollar broker. All the while believing that money and possessions are the secret to happiness ignoring the emptiness that lies in his soul that can only be filled by coming to grips with his dysfunctional relationship with his Father.

Author Bio

Jim is 43-years-old and lives in Elmhurst, IL with his wife, Diana, of 21-years. They have two children.
Jim was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)1984-2003. He began as a runner in 1979 at the age of 17. Currently Jim works for a broker/dealer in Chicago. He writes trading systems, trades Fixed Income markets, coaches traders, writes curriculum for trading classes, and builds information dissemination systems for traders to access.

Jim currently is Series 7 Licensed and coaches traders for a broker/dealer in Chicago.

Jim's CV

Testimonials :From the Pits to the Pits

“…..the book itself is an emotional rollercoaster and a very good account of one man's struggle to discover his own failings and come to terms with them - often very, very painfully. The first third is the ride to riches at the CBOT via Refco and various other brokerages, to reaching the T-Bond pit and making his first several million. A lot of drugs and booze flows on the way and gradually it begins to upset Goulding's equilibrium. …..this book will take you through the house of horrors roller coaster and despite being in the first person throughout, and knowing the author had survived, there are many abysses where it seems as if the author is finally going to drop through the hole and never be seen again.

-Patrick Young
erivativesreview.com

“In the high stakes world of life- Jimmy
Goulding & his book are both winners!”
—John Savel
Commodities Trader, Chicago Board of Trade

“Jim’s willingness and ability to enter into and transcend the pain and suffering of family crises and separation, social temptations and seductions, economic challenge, success, adversity and loss, and emotional emptiness and enlightenment are an inspiration to the faint of heart.”
—Rob Ahrens, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

“From the Pits to the Pits is a powerful story
filled with honesty and humor. Hopeful and
inspiring, Jim’s book shows that instead of
being victims of our past, we can make peace
with it and learn to take control of our
future.”
—Nanci Greene, Teacher

“A useful account of one mans struggle with
success, failure, family and addiction.”
—Dave Duerkop
Broker, Chicago Board of Trade Jim was born and raised in Oak Park, IL. He is the youngest of six children. He is a recovering alcoholic and drug addict with 12-years ….I thought your book was just great! I finished the book two days later and loved it so much because I was able to relate to so many things in the book.
-Paul Nowak
Student

I finished reading your book and today and all I can say is wow.... your book was different, very different. To my surprise, the cover was an actual synopsis and not just a snag line to get you interested….. thank you very much for writing this book. It is by far my favorite piece of writing and I think I will keep it forever and will try to show others it as well.
-Nate Capone
Student

I was on vacation last week in Michigan and read your book in 3 sittings. I enjoyed the read very much and it did make me think. Trading is a very tough business and it gave me some appreciation that other people have gone through similar times as I have.
-Bradley J. Rathe
Director of Research
Rotella Capital Management sobriety.

I wanted you to know that last night I finished reading your book. It was excellent and not only did I enjoy it, but I was very moved by your experiences.

Larry Israel

Couldn't put it down!!!

-Cathy DiGilio-Malone

Thank you for this book and I am so glad that you managed to cure yourself. You are an inspiration to all those people out there that are trying to recover.

-Perri

Found the book very entertaining and educational.

-Robin Gibbs

Abstract: 8 Steps to Therapy

“8-Steps to Therapy”, follows the friendship of two characters, Michael and Jim. One morning Jim finds himself on the brink of suicide. Just as Jim is about to pull the trigger something compels him to reach out for help.

He calls his friend Michael. From this point on, Michael leads Jim into the world of intensive therapy. Jim learns how to cope with the everyday pressures that life brings through the tools that Michael offers. Three tools specifically play a big role in Jim’s recovery. The book culminates with ‘8-steps’ that anyone can follow if they choose the road to recovery.

Excerpts: 8 Steps to Therapy

Excerpt no. 1

“I’m in bad shape Michael. Can you come out to my house?” I asked Michael that Saturday morning.

“I’ll be right there,” he replied, without hesitation.

And show up, he did.

It was a beautiful Saturday morning in October. Chicago usually had cold, rainy, Scotland-type-Octobers. Not today. The breeze was gentle and the sky sunny. Guilty sunny. The type of sun that ate at my gut and said, “You’ve been partying all night long. You’ll miss out on me today, because you’ll be sleeping it off. You should be ashamed of yourself!”

If there’s one thing I can remember from those past days, it was the shame. This single emotion was my guide and parent for much of my life. It kept me in line, reigned me in, and told me when to talk and when to SHUT UP. It sat on mountains of anger, pushing the anger further and further down so it was indistinguishable from other emotions. Shame re-arranged my emotions like a brain surgeon. An evil brain surgeon. Working meticulously in the background day after day, silently re-wiring my internal circuits.

Excerpt no. 2

“Jim, I want to tell you about something I’ve been doing the past year and a half. I know we haven’t seen each other much lately and I’m sure I look physically different to you.”

“You bet I noticed,” I said wiping away some tears. “What did you do to yourself? You look like you lost 50 pounds?”

“I didn’t want to shove any of this down your throat. I know we’ve known each other for a long time, but I’ve been on a very personal journey and it’s not something I share with many people, because they just seem disinterested. However I can see you're hurting bad. Bad enough to want to die. So maybe I should share what I’ve been doing this past year-and-a-half?” He finished.

“That may be a good idea Michael.” I said as I got up and invited him into my living room to sit on the couch.

He obliged and followed me in.

“The journey I chose to take, Jim, is not for the faint of heart. It takes courage and the desire to live a different life than the one you are living now”, Michael started.

“Anything is better than what I’m living now, Mike.” I interjected.

“You say that now Jim, because you’re hurting. I’m not belittling you; in fact it’s good that you are hurting. When someone gets to the amount of pain you are in now, they can either die or change.

What I’m trying to relate is that my journey is painful also. However there is an end to my journey as opposed to your end. The end you were contemplating when I arrived,” Mike finished.

Testimonials: Winter is Coming

"Just ordered & read your "Winter is Coming" book today-GREAT book."

-Robert J. Craig

Abstract Winter is Coming

Winter is coming, tells the story of a crisis era called Winter. This crisis is just a few short years away. The work in this book is based on two generational theorists, William Strauss and Neil Howe. The book also includes economist Harry S. Dent's work.

You'll want to read this book if you want to know why the DOW is headed to 35,000 by 2009, and why it will be cut in half by 2010. Why and who is forcing the coming crisis. How the crisis era cycles through American History like clockwork, regularly arriving, yet, shocking everyone when it comes.

Learn how reoccurring financial, war, generational, and political cycles contribute to our history and shape our future.

Learn:

how 'America's Greatest Generation' ripped you off
why 'boomers suck'
how approximately every 85 years, the generations line up in specific age location that set the stage for the Winter era
about America's biggest threat, the Euro

Winter is Coming is short, concise and a great introduction to the brilliant work of Strauss and Howe.

Excerpts : Winter is Coming

Society experiences a catalystthat shocks everyone out of an individualized stupor. Suddenly focus is shifted on a national level. This focus shifts attention from internal, national problems to outer, world problems. World problems that were once ignored by the people in this country come to the forefront. It’s as if a collective mind turns its attention to what is going on outside this country.

* * *

Vietnam wasn’t anything like Iraq in 2003. Not even close. Wars in a 4th Turning (Winter) are total. S&H go on to write, "Crisis-era wars were all large, deadly, and decisive. Home front resolve conformed to the visions of the elder leaders, and the outcome totally redefined the kingdom, nation or empire."[1]

[1] Generations; The History of America’s Future, 1584 to 2069, Strauss and Howe, p. 265.

* * *

What Gen-X knows is that things are about to get messy. Revolutionary messy. And, I am not talking about Boomers shaking their collective fists at their G.I. fathers. I’m talking about all-out massive societal chaos. One question still stands: When is this all going to happen?

* * *

Idealist generations are terrible at making collective decisions. That fact is going to make or break us when the crisis sparks. The Idealists’ history as collective thinkers when making decisions about our future while in complete control of the political landscape is terrible, the worst incidence being the Civil War. The Civil War is an example of a Winter era gone bad.

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The Boomer archetype is Idealist. The Idealist generation alive during the Civil War was the Transcendental (b.1792-1821) and they are personally responsible for the early arrival of the War. Furthermore, they are responsible for the slaughter of the Gilded generation (Nomad).

Of the seven-million Gilded men who reached combat age, ten percent died in the War. That casualty rate is equal to eight times WWIIs. Of the remaining Gilded men, five percent of them ended the war in “disease-ridden” POW camps.[1]

[1] Strauss and Howe, Generations 210-211.

* * *

Tom Brokaw labeled the G.I. generation (b.1901-1924) the “greatest generation” in his book of the same title. I beg to differ.

There are many things that this generation did that are great. They were truly the perfect Hero generation. They came together when the country needed them, both men and women. But this chapter is not going to shine the light on their good deeds. This chapter will shine the light on something this generation did that is affecting all of us, right now. Furthermore, it’s not the first time this generational archetype shifted federal entitlements.

The G.I. generation shifted billions and billions of government money away from every other generation alive when they were in political power. They held the White House for thirty years with nine U.S. Presidents. They held Congress 1953—1975 and barely gave up control in 1977, as they held onto 47% of the power.[1] They ran on the majority ticket twelve straight times 1944-1988.[2] During these years, they made sure that their generation was taken care of. Unfortunately, they did it at our expense.

[1] Strauss and Howe, Generations 265.

[2] Ibid 268.

Abstract: Nano

Hunter McCallen had a very bad thing happen to him. He felt helpless, powerless, and inconsequential. The political powers

pushed aside what they thought was just another helpless, powerless, and inconsequential human being. Hunter was anything

but.

Hunter liked to read. Hunter liked to build things. Special things. Things that others only dreamt of. Things that were thought to be impossible to bring into reality. Things that would make the political community pay dearly.

Nano takes the reader into the world of quantum physics, nano technology, campaign financing, and societies apathy for drunk driving. However, Nano visits other worlds also. Visit the world of Einstein, magic, cryptography, 19th century history, and a Frank Lloyd Wright home in the historic community of Oak Park, Illinois.

The Cover of From the Pits to the Pits

The cover is a picture of the 30-Year US Treasury Bond Trading Pit in the Chicago Board of Trade, circa 1982.

The picture is actually bigger than the one on the cover. It had to be cropped for the cover...and...they cut me off of it! I'm in that picture to the right of the big guy, with the badge WZD on his lapel facing out. The real picture can be scene by clicking the thumbnail below. Also, that guy facing out with the WZD on his lapel is Tim. He's the gentleman I wrote about in the book who passed away, in the chapter called, "Shannon's Wave".

The pit you are looking at is actually in the "Old" financial trading floor of the CBOT. The floor's windows face LaSalle St., and can be seen as you come down LaSalle St. The windows are over 6 stories high on the 4th floor. The floor was the original grain floor. In early 1982 the Grain traders moved to their new floor and we took over that floor. In 1997 the Financial traders left the "Old" floor and moved into a new floor. The old floor is empty. Big and empty.

In the picture, to the right of WZD you can see me 3 persons over. I have the dark coat on with the mustache. I'm standing behind a guy in a red coat with a mustache. That's my friend Chuck.

The Cover of 8 Steps to Therapy

Each item on the cover represents something.

The Sun: "The very moment we attempt the flattening out of the Sun's symbolic meanings for our own purposes—by declaring with surety that the Sun is this one single thing—it suddenly confounds us by becoming yet another unknown third thing."

—Carl Jung[1]

Jung, the Triangle, and Saturn [2]

"The astrological elements are symbols for four different ways of relating to and understanding the world the individual lives in. Individuals mainly influenced by the element of fire relate to people and things in terms of the opportunities these might mean for themselves and their lives. Signs that belong to the same element lie in the aspect , trine, to one another. This creates a basis for harmony, approachability, and understanding. According to the trend in modern astrology toward Jungian psychoanalysis, one or more of these perceptionary [sic] elements are dominant in an individual, while the others are linked to the subconscious complex called the shadow, a person of the same sex characterized by despicable and contemptuous qualities. The shadow is often symbolized by Saturn, , in the birth chart.

Uranus [3]

"41a:36 · (The most common sign for the planet Uranus). This graph for Uranus is based on the letter H from the name of Sir William Herschel, who discovered this planet in 1781. The discovery of occurred at approximately the same time as the beginnings of one of the greatest upheavals in the present cycle of human civilization on our planet, the French Revolution. Before, the planetary system's outer limit, which had also marked the outer limit of the human life and the material existence, had been for many thousands of years , Saturn, Kronos.

"Before the French Revolution it was taken for granted that there existed a higher class of human beings, the aristocracy, appointed by God to rule over the lower classes. The discovery of this planet came as a shock, and not only for astronomers and astrologers (the latter did not recover until the twentieth century in the West). Even today, astrologers in India refuse to acknowledge the existence of the three outer planets.

"As a result Uranus has come to symbolize total and sudden change or upheaval, unpredictability, modern science, anarchy and the destruction of the established order. The planet Uranus is encircled by half a dozen moons. It distinguishes itself from the other planets in our system by the fact that its rotational axis lies almost parallel with the sun's equatorial plane. It is the third largest planet after and . Its volume would contain 50 earths, and it takes 84 years to orbit the sun.
"Physiologically rules the electric impulses in the nervous system. In mundane astrology Uranus rules over astrologers, occultists, inventors, and those who are connected to aviation, spacecraft, electronics, and modern scientific breakthroughs. Such things as computers, electronics, and space technology are all ruled by this planet.”

"The keywords for are:
1. intuition, inspiration, ‘the sixth sense’;
2. the breaking of old ideologies, ideas, and structures;
3. bohemians, hippies, dropouts, and anarchists;
4. revolution and humanism; and
5. energy that is directed toward attaining higher consciousness.
The planet Uranus is also drawn and .
The sign is sometimes used as a military sign to denote a howitzer, a heavy long-range gun or cannon."

Saturn [4]

"The planet Saturn was known already some 6,000 years ago and has, until the French Revolution at the end of the eighteenth century, represented the outermost boundary of the planetary system, and a measure when calculating long periods of time. The planet Saturn uses approximately 29 earth years to orbit the sun. Therefore a human lifespan can be said to be two, or at the very most three of this planet's orbits in the zodiac. Partly for this reason Saturn is associated with Death and the Reaper, the skeleton in black hood with a scythe who reaps men and women when their time is up.

"Astrologically Saturn has become a symbol for implacable powers, restrictions impossible to overcome, relentless natural forces and the hard, fixed structures of the world of matter.

"Saturn only brings sorrow and deprivation in those areas of a person's life that are based on illusions or unrealistic expectations. Saturn represents the unrelenting aspect of reality that forces the individual to abandon all ideas that are not based on a realistic perception of the material conditions of life.

"A child is protected by his or her parents from physical and psychological harm. But for self-fulfillment the child must at some time free himself from this protective shield, its parents. Astrologers suggest that the inner being, the self, in a similar way is protected by the personality, the psychological structure enveloping the self, spirit, inner being, or true individual. Through the imaginations, conceptions, and games of the personality, the inner being is protected until that protection is no longer needed and becomes a hindrance for self-fulfillment. Once this stage of development has been reached the outer shell must be broken. The position of Saturn in an individual's natal chart or horoscope reveals the way in which the protective shell will break, the price that has to be paid for the freedom necessary for further development, and the pain that has to be endured during the process of really becoming a grown-up, a kind of rebirth. If the implications of Saturn are ignored, the planet becomes precisely the symbol of deprivations, inhibitions, and hardship just mentioned.

"What Robert Hand has to say in this respect is most enlightening: 'Every time we do what is untrue to our nature, acting not from a real necessity but rather to fulfill what others may expect of us, we commit a crime against ourselves that is peculiarly Saturnine. We move a bit toward death, more of our potential becomes actual, and what is actual does not express what we are.'"

* * *

I can also define the cover, as a representation of what an individual, when in therapy, must overcome.

For example, if we look at Saturn:

"Saturn has become a symbol for implacable powers, restrictions impossible to overcome, relentless natural forces and the hard, fixed structures of the world of matter."

This pertains to the psychological state of someone entering therapy. They will need to overcome things once thought impossible to overcome. They will have to overcome that implacable part of the self. That part that is so rigid and ruthless it just can't let go of the old behaviors. They used those behaviors to survive, at one time. However they must let go of them now and travel to Uranus. That is the goal. Getting to Uranus.

They must understand that to reach the planet Uranus, the outer shell of their emotions, which they once used as a defense system, must be broken.

To get to the planet Uranus (Inner-peace), you will use all the keywords that represent this planet. Destruction of the established order (knocking down the walls of your defense mechanisms). Using your intuition and finding your inspiration. The breaking of old ideologies, ideas, and structures (the way you used to do things). Revolutionizing your emotions.

The triangle represents harmony, approachability, and understanding. In therapy you must apply all three and direct that application inward. In doing so, you will stop beating yourself up mentally and abusing yourself physically.

I used the Sun on the cover for several reasons. I worked with a Jungian therapist for a long time. Jung had a profound effect on me. His definition of the Sun, in my opinion, is a message. That message says we can heal our emotional problems and come out the other side not needing to understand everything.

The two people in the middle of the triangle reaching for the star represent community. Only with others' help can we truly heal. When I went through therapy, community played a huge role in my healing process.

The infinity sign means, 'never give up'.

Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961)[5]

Swiss psychiatrist, one of the founding fathers of modern depth psychology. Jung's most famous concept, the collective unconscious, has had a deep influence not only on psychology but also on philosophy and the arts. Jung's break with Sigmund Freud is one of the famous stories in the early history of psychoanalytic thought. More than Freud, Jung has inspired the New Age movement with his interest in occultism, Eastern religions, the I Ching, and mythology.

[1] http://astrology.about.com/library/weekly/aa062201a.htm

[2] http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/28/281.html

[3] ibid

[4] ibid

[5] http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/cjung.htm

The Cover of Winter is Coming

The cover is a collage of pictures.

The idea was simple. Find pictures relating to reoccurring national crisis’. Then, lay those pix over a background pic of something that speaks to the season of winter.

Since Winter is Coming deals with a reoccurring crisis cycle, in American history, I went to the Internet and plugged in the date I wanted along with the name of the crisis.

The pictures in this document are the individual pictures used in the collage for the cover. First I show the original picture I used. Meaning, the picture in its original form before cropping and digital enhancements. Then, I show the final cropped enhanced pic used on the cover.

Picture 1 is the evening paper from October 29, 1929 heralding the final crash of the stock market that had started on September 10, 1929. Basically, October 29, 1929 was the straw that broke the camels back. It was the last of many mini-crashes that took place over a 10-week period that began September 10, 1929.

If you look at the right side of the picture, under the word PANIC, you’ll see a smaller headline that says “Bankers Finally Bring Selling to Halt Three Minutes Before Close”. That’s the headline I wanted. Picture 2, shows the first stage of making the headline into the final product for the cover. Picture 3 shows the final product I used for the cover.

Picture 1 (October 29, 1929)

Picture 2 (Crop and Distort headline)

Picture 3 (Negative with brightness adjusted)

This particular crisis era was a double whammy. The era ran from 1929-1945. The second incident was, of course, the bombing of Pearl Harbor. FDR’s letter to Congress is shown below. I thought the quote in the first paragraph was paramount. Its so recognizable. “A date which will live in infamy”.

Picture 4 (FDR’s Letter to Congress, December 8, 1941)

Picture 5 depicts the final product for the cover, which I cropped the first paragraph, then embossed that in dark grey.

Picture 5 (FDR’s Letter to Congress, December 8, 1941, Embossed)

The next picture is a very interesting document. It’s the secret document that was sent to FDR well ahead of the bombing. In fact the document was dated February 1, 1941. Basically, FDR and the rest of the morons in Washington knew this was going to happen. They not only did nothing to stop it, they encouraged it, for numerous reasons that this paper won’t cover. The document is evidence of a pattern that has occurred in every ‘Winter’ crisis era. That is, the politicos always know of the destructive event that’s going to take place. The event is usually devastating in either of two ways, loss of life or financial ruin.

Picture 6, below, was used because I wanted to convey the message that politicians, during these types of crisis cycles (Winter), are at their peak of scuminess. I wanted this picture so badly that I used the whole thing without any enhancements. Picture 6 is on the upper left-hand side of the cover.

Picture 6 (Secret document sent to FDR, February 1, 1941)

I used one last picture from the 1929-1945 crisis era. The original is shown in picture 7, below.

Picture 7 (Headline, Monday December 8, 1941)

I simply cropped the headline, and then created a 3-D shape in MS Word. Then, I used the cropped pic as the background for the 3-D shape. Picture 8 shows the crop, and picture 9 shows the final product.

Picture 8 (Cropped Headline December 8, 1941)

Picture 9 (Cropped with 3-D Headline December 8, 1941)

* * *

The winter crisis era of 1929-1945 wasn’t the only crisis era we’ve experienced in the US. The winter crisis era is a cycle repeated over and over again. The other pictures on the cover depict 2 other winter era cycles we’ve experienced, since becoming a nation. The American Revolution and the Civil War.

Picture 10, is the original pic, used to represent the beginning of the Civil War winter era. The picture is a document about the Dred Scott decision. Scholars like to argue about exactly what was the spark that lit the candle that ignited the Civil War. Some state that it was the Dred Scott decision. I don’t believe that it was. However, I see it as a catalyst, like Strauss & Howe (of the book Generations) do.

Picture 10 (Dred Scott Decision)

The picture went through several changes before I decided on the pic you see on the cover. The phases of the Dred Scott pic are below. Picture 14 was the one I used on the cover. Picture 11 shows the date of the decision. I decided against using the date pic because I thought the name carried more weight than the date.

Picture 11 (Dred Scott Date Cropped)

Picture 12 (Dred Scott Name, Yellowed)

Picture 13 (Dred Scott Name Cropped)

Picture 14 (Dred Scott Name Cropped and Embossed)

The spark that lit the candle that began the civil war is one of two things. Either Lincoln being elected or Fort Sumter. I chose Fort Sumter.

Fort Sumter was attacked April 18, 1861. This incident was truly the stepping-off point for the beginning of the war, as far as fighting was concerned. From this date forward the fighting escalated. Pix 15-17 depict the evolution of what your see on the cover

Picture 15 (Fort Sumter Original)

Picture 16 (Fort Sumter Cropped)

Picture 17 (Fort Sumter Cropped and Negative with Brightness Adjusted)

Picture 17 is placed in the middle of the cover.

* * *

The winter era prior to the Civil War was the Revolution. The era took place 1773-1794. I considered a picture of Paul Revere, which you can see below. I decided against it and I really don’t know why.

The battle of Lexington/Concord is best described by www.kidport.com

“On April 18, 1775, British General Thomas Gage sent 700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in the town of Concord, just outside of Boston. They also planned to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock, two of the key leaders of the patriot movement.”

Picture 18 (Paul Revere)

Picture 19 (The Battle of Lexington Original)

Picture 20 ((The Battle of Lexington Embossed)

Picture 20 is the one you see on the cover of the book. I simply embossed the original. The picture is on the lower right hand side of the cover.

The last photo, used to depict a crisis era, is the Declaration of Independence, below.

Picture 21 (The Declaration of Independence Original)

The date is a tad significant don’t you think? Also, I used the original. Although I did try to do several things to the photo, in the end, I decided on the original. If the British didn’t believe we were for real from all the acts committed 1773-1775, then this sent them a message that we were going to become free or kick their ass.

Lastly, the background photo, used for the cover, is shown in picture 22. If this pic doesn’t depict winter I don’t know what does. It’s a beautiful photo. I found it on www.targetvision.com. They have some great stuff there.

Picture 22 (Background for Cover, Icicles)

The following pic was an idea that got thrown out. I thought it was pretty cool though.

Picture 23 (Ice with Title, Author)

The final process for putting the cover together was taking picture 22 and pasting all the other pics onto it. I built it in MS Picture It! 99, because the program is great for making collages. I laid the final pic over itself to give it the affect you see in the final product, which can be seen at the very beginning of this document. Thanks for your interest in the creative process of making the cover of Winter is Coming.

-jim goulding

09/03/2005

References and Acknowledgments

http://www.archives.gov/research_room/research_topics/revolutionary_war/revolutionary_war_pictures.html#beg

Paul Revere's ride, Illustration. 208-FS-3200-5. (revolutionary_war_007.jpg)

The first blow for liberty. Print by A.H. Ritchie. 200(S)-JH-3. (revolutionary_war_008.jpg)

Battle of Lexington. Drawing from engraving by Amos Doolittle, a Connecticut militiaman. 111-SC-92639. (revolutionary_war_009.jpg)

Reading the Declaration of Independence from the east balcony of the State House in Boston. 1776. Illustration. 148-GW-ll4I. (revolutionary_war_023.jpg)

Declassified docs (Japan decoded messages)

http://www.worldnewsstand.net/1/magic.htm

How to cite FDR library (all photos are in public domain)

http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/citing.html

Japan FDR library

http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/psf/box3/folo37.html

Declassified Japanese warning doc.

http://www.worldnewsstand.net/1/magic.htm

http://www.worldnewsstand.net/msc/Pearl.htm (cite with this page also.)

Civil War pix compliments of the Library of Congress

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwres.html