Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Frederic Franklyn Van de Water

Born: 1890
Died: 1968 (aged 78)
Bio: Frederic Franklyn Van de Water was an American journalist and writer. He was an honorary sergeant in the New York State Troopers. In 1924, he travelled in the West Indies investigated and reported about rum pirates and Chinese smugglers.
Known for:
- The real McCoy (1931)
- Glory-hunter: A Life of General Custer (1934)
- Grey riders (1922)
- Rudyard Kipling's Vermont feud (1937)
- The Reluctant Republic: Vermont, 1724-1791 (1941)