Electra
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Electra is a utopian type city and the envy of every city in the U.S. Its citizens enjoyed the benefits of good government and therefore, lulled into complacency by its many amenities, believing the good life would last forever without their participation in civic affairs and henceforth, neglected their right to vote. Their indifference to the political process left the door ajar for the criminal element to establish a foothold in city government. Gradually, the tentacles of corruption penetrated every office of city government. This once great city, is now degenerated into one of crime and vice, with the establishment of gambling, prostitution, and drugs. This story centers on two wealthy individuals who decided on restoring the city to its former greatness by combining their resources, influence, and expertise in a resourceful, dangerous, and questionable plan. Alvin Cain came from humble origins; and through his intelligence and fearless nature, he became a wealthy man and the architect of a daring plan to restore Electra to respectability. John Winthrop Hamilton III was born into wealth, a philanthropist and the moral guide of the two men; he had to be convinced that Alvin Cain’s method was the only viable plan that could succeed. Although daring, dangerous, and unethical, the plan was adopted.
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Electra is a utopian type city and the envy of every city in the U.S. Its citizens enjoyed the benefits of good government and therefore, lulled into complacency by its many amenities, believing the good life would last forever without their participation in civic affairs and henceforth, neglected their right to vote. Their indifference to the political process left the door ajar for the criminal element to establish a foothold in city government. Gradually, the tentacles of corruption penetrated every office of city government. This once great city, is now degenerated into one of crime and vice, with the establishment of gambling, prostitution, and drugs. This story centers on two wealthy individuals who decided on restoring the city to its former greatness by combining their resources, influence, and expertise in a resourceful, dangerous, and questionable plan. Alvin Cain came from humble origins; and through his intelligence and fearless nature, he became a wealthy man and the architect of a daring plan to restore Electra to respectability. John Winthrop Hamilton III was born into wealth, a philanthropist and the moral guide of the two men; he had to be convinced that Alvin Cain’s method was the only viable plan that could succeed. Although daring, dangerous, and unethical, the plan was adopted.
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Alfred V. Cafiero was born on June 5, 1926, in New York City, and was educated through the New York City public school system. After high school, he was inducted into military service in 1944 and served with the 33rd Infantry Division in the South Pacific Theater of Operation. He helped liberate the island of Luzon, in the Philippine Islands, and was part of the occupational forces in Japan. He was honorably discharged from military service in October 1946. After being discharged from military service, he enrolled at Hunter College in New York City and graduated in 1951 with a degree in chemistry and mathematics. His last employer was the David Samoff Research Center in Princeton, New Jersey, from 1960 up to his retirement in 1988. Since his retirement, he taught chemistry for two years at the Institute for Professional and Technical Advancement, a division of Middlesex Community College; and from 1991 to 2000 as a substitute teacher for the Old Bridge Township School System. He is the author of the novel Vengeance, and his autobiography, The Life and Times of Albert Capo. Physically active all his life: cycling, swimming, and skiing. Part of his leisure activities for the past sixty years was painting pictures in oil. He currently resides in Old Bridge Township, with his wife of fifty-nine years, and has two sons and four grandchildren.