Stephen writes clearly. You don't read about the emotions, you FEEL them.

The conflict between Stephens dad and his sons was real for many of us raised in the 1960's.

My wife and I have known Stephen's father since coming north in 1978. He is a great man who influenced many people during the rough and tumble pipeline days of Alaska.

You never had to guess where you stood with Jack Bransford. Steve always knew where he stood with both Jack AND Gordon right up to the end of Gordon's life. Read his book and you'll feel the pain AND the joy.

J. Parker Rittgers Alaska

Stephen Bransford is the best author I have ever read. "The Last Photograph" is a very very discriptive yet to the point book. No one I have ever read has Stephen Bransford's writing skills. His books have a little bit of humor, but still gripping.

This is a tremendous, real, growing up story of 2 brothers and a deeply religious father. Unlike the preening psycho religious fathers Hollywood presents this is a father that is all too human and disjointed by the unique problems that arose within the ideals of the 1960's and 70's. His religiosity is never pandered to or hammered on. These are 2 boys that grew up distinctly different from each other, one wild and impetuous and one straight and forthright. When the Viet Nam war envelopes their world they do what each personality would do. One to war and one to play. When the wartime realities hit the older brother Gordon, he seems to buy into the propaganda of the country supposedly standing behind him and breaks into many pieces. Not by the war but by the flagrant disregard and disrespect from the so-called Americans yelling so loud! The other , Stephen, the author---finds it easier to play and also finds that playtime has it's crosses to bear as well---i wept at the end of this book!

This book is an affront to all Americans irespective of sexuality. The jacket's art mistakenly implies the reader will get a factually netural and constitutionally accurate acount of Amendment two and Romer Vs Evans.

For starters, the author assumes that straights and GLBT people are mutually exclusive groups, ignoring the fact that GLBT rights do not take away anything from heterosexuals. As a former resident of Colorado, I was deeply saddened when the Amendment was passed, but rejoyced at the Supreme Court ruling.

The book repeats the riddiculous but lingering stereotype that GLBT people are really well-heeled and thus do not need special rights. In reality, the amendment removed equal acess of police protection and anti-violence measures from GLBT people only.

A basic study of American constitutional law and the 14th Amendment says the states and localities can offer more protection than the National government, but not less. In striking down the Amendment, the majority conservative Supreme Court ruled that states may NOT hold referendum to revoke the equal protection clause from entire groups of citizens based on a group characteristic They reasoned that if Colorado's amendment was allowed to stand, there would be nothing from prohibitng discrimination against the disabled and or racial and religious minorites in a community.

This book is a litteral waste of space and time unless prospective readers are interested in seeing for themselves just how loopy the religious right really is. For people who claim to respect the country and individual rights, they obviously failed US Government classes.

This book thoroughly destroys all of the media myths about homosexuals being a politically powerless group and exposes the truth of the homosexual lobby's political, educational and economic clout in America. Bransford bolsters his case by using homosexual sources that disprove all of the media's sweet talk about how homosexuals are just like the rest of us and in need of non-discrimination laws. This book is a must for anyone interested in how to defeat the "gay rights" agenda.

Every Christian fiction starts with some: Why would God? question. This one starts with: Why would God let an old woman have a scary dream. I really don't think I need say any more. Out of all the why would God question I've ever heard; I have never ever heard worse.