: About Me

G.K. Dickey is an independent journalist and manuscript editor living and working in "The Big Wide Open" from his home office in Elko, Nevada.

Nevada's gold mining country is the setting for his first novel "Glory Hole." Crystal Bay, Nevada, at Lake Tahoe is the setting for his second novel, "Murder By Modem." Both books are complete, independently reviewed with high regard, and awaiting publication.

Dickey has been a lifelong journalist, which included teaching high school Journalism and English in Lodi, California.

After editing newspapers in Idaho, California and Nevada, he turned to fiction writing, finding it a liberating approach to getting closer to the truth. In that vein, he likes to describe his approach as "faction" - fact-based fiction.

He graduated from Woodland High School in Woodland, California, before earning his Bachelor's of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri's Columbia School of Journalism.

Dickey says, "I am looking forward to making the most of what Helium has to offer."

Sports & Recreation > Baseball (Other) The best baseball movies of all time

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"Pride of the Yankees" is perhaps the most inspirational baseball story detailing the wonderful career of Lou Gerhig, his heartbreaking love affair with his wife, Eleanor. Walter Brennan played a great role in this movie about Mr. Gerhig, "The Iron Man" until he came afflicted by a neurological disease that forced his retirement in 1939. He will always be remembered for his heart-wrenching farewell speech in Yankee Stadium when he said, "Some people say I've had a bad break, but I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." Gary Cooper won a best actor award for his portray...

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