The Real James Bond

Carroll Tyson

Pardon Our Appearance

My long-time blog provider, Typepad, has gone out of business, and I’m switching to WordPress. I’m migrating this blog’s contents, learning the ropes, and adding content. Please bear with me.

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Bond’s MDI Home Is For Sale

   Jim and Mary Bond’s place on Mount Desert Island is up for sale.      Just saw it on the Forbes website, which includes a nice reference to my book, “The Real James Bond,” for Schiffer Publishing. To be

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007 Back in Action Sooner?

When I wrote The Real James Bond several years ago, I figured there’d be another 007 movie by now. No such luck. Now it appears that the creative logjam has been unstuck, with Amazon buying the key rights to the

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Happy 125th Birthday, James Bond

Happy birthday to noted ornithologist and identity-theft victim James Bond, who was born on this day 125  years ago today. Bond was born at 1821 Pine Street, a four-story brick building that’s still standing. It is now apartments. Here’s a bit

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Listen to My NPR Interview

On Tuesday evening, my Screech Owl Companion co-author Scott Weston were guests on “Bird Calls,” an NPR program out of Shreveport. Host Cliff Shackelford, Scott, and I could see one another on Zoom while we chatted. Above is a shot I grabbed

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Rest in Peace, Orlando Garrido

While I was researching The Real James Bond, one of my best days was when I interviewed the great Cuban ornithologist Orlando Garrido in Havana. Orlando and Bond had a mutual admiration society, and Bond tried to promote Orlando’s career

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