Sunshine Patriots!

You think you’ve read everything about Hollywood? Think again. And when legendary creator Howard Chaykin is in the director’s chair, expect the unexpected. Follow the adventures of two former members of Roosevelt's Rough Riders who arrive in Hollywood in 1913 and find themselves ensnared in a dangerous new world. As the first Sicilian mobsters make their way to the Los Angeles, the two heroes are recruited as mercenaries for the movie studios and drawn into the cutthroat world of early cinema, gaining a front-row seat to the building of a new American empire. With its action-packed narrative and vivid historical backdrop, *Sunshine Patriots* is a must-read for fans of the Western genre and anyone fascinated by the birth of Hollywood and the rise of one of the most influential forces in modern culture.