The Last Fling

01/05/2019

We have sold over 4000 of these award winning historical books about the 1954 Hurricane Carol- order yours today before they go out of print

06/17/2014

Watch the attached sample of our DVD The Last Fling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6D-AIN3BMU

Actual footage of Hurricane Carol in Westport, MA in 1954 including survivor interviews conducted by Beverly Schuch, former CNN anchor.

06/17/2014

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Fall River's Best and Brightest from 1850 to the present.

01/20/2012

Red accepts award for "The Last Fling"

01/20/2012

The fourth annual 2011 New England Book Festival was held recently at the Omni Parker House Hotel in downtown Boston. Over one hundred authors and guests were in attendance. Twenty-seven awards in thirteen categories were presented to those authors in attendance from various parts of the northeast and Canada. Only five percent of books entered from around the world received recognition including The Last Fling by John B. Cummings, Jr. from Westport whose book has been highly acclaimed. Honorees were told that they represent the best of what the current book publishing has to offer.

There were sixteen categories in which hundreds of entries were judged. Submitted works were judged by a panel of industry experts including authors, publishers, journalists and agents using the following criteria: 1) general excellence and the author's passion for telling a good story. 2) the potential of the work to reach a wider audience.

“The Last Fling” tells of life in the mid-20th century in Westport and highlights stories from Hurricane Carol in 1954. It is a fascinating tale of a life-altering event of courage, terror and survival. The book was cited in the General Non-Fiction classification.
Ann Hood, author of the best selling books, The Red Thread and The Knitting Circle calls Cummings’ book “wistful and charming.”

This book can be purchased at local bookstores and gift shops in Greater Fall River or directly from the author at www.thelastfling.net

01/09/2012

John B. "Red" Cummings to receive award from the New England Book Festival

01/09/2012

Dateline Westport, Massachusetts Jan. 3, 2012

John B. “Red” Cummings Jr. has been notified that his highly acclaimed book, “The Last Fling” will receive an award from the 2011 New England Book Festival at a ceremony to be held on Sat. Jan. 14, 2012 at the Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston. This grand literary hotel was where Thoreau, Emerson and Longfellow met at the legendary Saturday Club. The Festival will be honoring the best books of the holiday season.

There were sixteen categories in which hundreds of entries were judged. Submitted works were judged by a panel of industry experts using the following criteria: 1) general excellence and the author's passion for telling a good story. 2) the potential of the work to reach a wider audience.

“The Last Fling” tells of life in the mid-20th century in Westport and highlights stories from Hurricane Carol in 1954. It is a fascinating tale of a life-altering event of courage, terror and survival.

Ann Hood, author of the best selling books, “The Red Thread” and “The Knitting Circle” calls Cummings’ book, “wistful and charming”.

This book can be purchased at local bookstores and gift shops in Greater Fall River or directly from the author
at www.thelastfling.net

The book The Last Fling is a fascinating tale of a life-altering event of courage, terror and survival. There are first hand stories from more than 60 individuals and families and what they experienced as their homes and town were torn apart during Hurricane Carol in 1954.

10/27/2011

Books on the Square on Wayland Square was a great night. Thank you to Carole Fingers and her staff for making us feel so welcomed.

10/19/2011

The Last Fling, the popular book by John. B "Red" Cummings, Jr. has reached the shelves of the Boole Library at the University College Cork, Ireland, the National University of Ireland.

The memoir highlighting growing up in the 1950's and stories of Hurricane Carol in Westport will be included in the Cummings Collection at the University. It is one of the second largest collections of humor books in the world.

Red Cummings (left) presented his book to John FitzGerald (right), Librarian and Director of Information Services at the University during a recent tour of Ireland. It was Cummings' first visit to the country of his families' roots. John (Red) is the grandson of Fall River's first Irish, Catholic and youngest Mayor, remaining so today, in the cities' history. Atty. John W. Cummings was elected in 1884 and served two one year terms. His son, Atty. John B. Cummings practiced law in Fall River for over a half century.

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