FIRST LIGHTS: The Columbiad - Book 2

"Perhaps taking a clue from Joyce, the novel ends where it begins: the 1939 World's Fair, where a mysterious wizard lords over the Earth, their church, not cathedrals, or synagogues, but radio, music and media, adding an extra layer of import to an already rich story."

- Delmarva Quarterly, Summer, 2009

"It will also touch its readers with its treatment of specific yet universal problems, including the loss of a parent, blended families, guilt, loyalty and friendship, as well as the comedy and terror of emerging sexual pressure."

- Taste of the Bay, February, 2009

"First Lights is evocatively nostalgic without being sentimental and honest in its assessments of the fears and fantasies of childhood and adolescence."

- The Independent, East Hampton, NY August 13, 2008

"The clear answer is Sweeney's gift with words. It lifts this chronicle to a rare level. He seems to choose his words like nuggets for their shine. Reading his prose is like eating lemon meringue pie, both tart and sweet in beautiful combination."

- Star Democrat, April 25, 2008

• LAST PROUD GALLOP by Gerald F. Sweeney
  How men and women love differently. Set in Roaring Twenties.
• EAGLES RISING: The Columbiad - Book 1 by Gerald F. Sweeney
  Novel-Chicago Irish family confronts labor,gangster and race wars.
• YO COLUMBIA! How America's National Symbol Came Down Off Her Pedestal and Found Her Groove by Gerald F. Sweeney
  Musical New York magazine executives seek Scott Joplin's lost opera.
• CRASHING INTO SUNRISE: The Columbiad - Book 3 by Gerald F. Sweeney
  The artistic and emotional upheaval of a 1940s youth.
• WIZARD HO! by Gerald F. Sweeney
  Band of New York artists in 1990's seeks radio Wizard.
• A TOURNAMENT OF A DISTINGUISHED WHITE ORDER: The Columbiad - Book 4 by Gerald F. Sweeney
  A TOURNAMENT OF A DISTINGUISHED WHITE ORDER follows the complicated love duel between a creative Army private and a sensuous young actress, a pair troubled by a romance set during the "forgotten" Korean War. Jim Mahoney learns how to soldier while Fawn Evans battles for a career on the New York stage during Broadway's Golden Age.
• Comes the Electric Circus by Gerald F. Sweeney
  Comes the Electric Circus is a novel that reflects the tumultuous changes from the traditional 1950’s to the mind-blowing 60’s. The story of the romance between two young Manhattanites, at a time when New York became the world’s capitol of finance and the arts.
• Down Broadway by Gerald F. Sweeney
  Down Broadway is a collection of short stories set in mid-century New York, reflecting the glamor, sophistication and high times of the postwar years.
• U. S. Composers and Poets: The Intersection of American Classical Music and American Literature (Revised and Updated) by Gerald F. Sweeney
  US Composers and Poets shows the relationship between American Classical Music and American Literature
• TWO PLAYS by Gerald F. Sweeney
  Two Plays features two dramas, one about American expatriate writers in Paris during the 1920's, the other about American journalists in the Chinese Revolution.