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Clint Emerson, retired Navy SEAL, NY Times Bestselling Author, Crisis Management Pro, SPY and 2022 F. Scott Fitzgerald Prize Awardee, joins Fitzgerald Museum Director Alaina Doten in discussing  "Dice, Brassknuckles, and Guitar" one of the pre-Gatsby cluster of stories.

The discussion includes transition from military service to civilian life, effective use of brassknuckles and better self defense strategies for women, and the thrill of fast cars.

For more information on Clint's Ready Room and 100 Deadly Skills series visit www.clintemerson.com  and The Ready Room.

For more information on Glen Doherty and how to support special operators transitioning into to civilian live visit Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation.

"Dice, Brass Knuckles and Guitar" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

First published in Hearst's Cosmopolitan International in May 1923.

Read by Wanda Battle

Directed by Maire Martello

Produced by Alaina M. Doten

Audio Engineering and Editing by Cope Till of Strident Trax

This is a FitzMuse Podcast made possible by grants from AHA! The Alabama Humanities Alliance and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.