In late September 2022, I will be launching the publication of my new book, The Trump Files. It was written over the past six years and was completed recently.  It will be available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and many other platforms and books stores. 

A Bit of Background

For forty years I was a high school science teacher, professor of science education, Georgia State University, and co-director of the Global Thinking Project (GTP), a global environmental science project which started in the 1980s. The GTP brought together professors, researchers, teachers and teenagers initially from the United States and the Soviet Union (later, Russia), Australia, Czech Republic, Spain and other countries at a later time. I spent the last 20 years of my university career working with colleagues in these countries developing personal and professional relationships, not only with individuals, but a network of schools in the project.

In 2003, I retired from GSU as Emeritus Professor, and continued my work as a science educator by writing several books, and starting a blog at the Art of Teaching Science. I also joined my wife in her antiques business of purchasing fine English antiques in the UK and then selling them at antique shows up and down the East coast and west to Texas. We traveled to the UK more than 50 times during this period.

In 2005, my blogging began in earnest and I wrote not only about science education, but about the interface of science, public education and politics during the George W. Bush and Barack Obama presidencies.

Then along came Donald J. Trump.

He is the only United States President to direct political violence against his own government. People were killed on this day, and a number of police officers committed suicide later. The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol has presented irrefutable evidence and shocking oral reports that Trump and his highly schooled sycophants conspired to try and stop the certification of Joe Biden as the 46th President. Even in the face of malfeasance, fraud and inciting violence, Donald J. Trump is still at large.

It seemed that I was ready at the right time with the right tools to blog about Trump’s scandalous charade and shocking history of his presidency. For six years, I blogged about Trump and his administration. The blog posts were my attempt to be a “witnessing professional” using my background in science and science education, citizen diplomacy, research, global perspective and deep concern about the state of our democracy.

A decade ago, I turned some of my blog posts into a series of science education-related eBooks which I published on Amazon. Now, near the end of Trump’s presidency I had written nearly one-hundred blog posts. The daily reports of Trump’s abnormal behavior led to nightly tantrums. Finally, my wife, Mary-Alice, said that I needed to write a book.

I didn’t intend to write a book about Trump, but my years of blogging provided me with a foundation for a book about Trump’s effect on American democracy, human rights, science and public health.

It should also be noted that I decided to independently publish this book rather than seek a publisher as I had done for my previous books. In fact, I created my own publishing company, Northington-Hearn Publishing LLC. One does not, however, write or publish a book alone. Many people have helped me with this project. Kip Ault suggested that I contact Indigo Editing, a company in Portland, Oregon who provide publication services for independent authors.

Kristen Hall-Geisler did the original professional critique (Reader’s Response) of the manuscript starting on July 5, 2021. She then followed this after a major revision by the author, with in-depth editing (Developmental Editing), and line editing. Sarah Currin and Bailey Potter did a final proofreading to create the final manuscript. The manuscript was now ready for design. Jenny Kimura designed the cover and interior of the book. At the end of the design process, Kento Ikeda indexed the book. Finally, the completed book was put into the hands of Vinnie Kensella, a designer, who completed the digital conversions making the book available on all ebook formats. The book will be uploaded to Amazon KDP, and IngramSpark by Vinnie near the end of July 2022. The team of professionals that worked on the first book that will be published by Northington-Hearn can be contacted via the links I’ve provided for each of them.

Please find a brief description of The Trump Files, followed by more details including the table of contents.

Book Description

In twenty-first century United States of America, a corrupt businessman is elected president, is impeached twice while in office, directs a failed coup d état and an attack on Congress, but still remains at-large. He’s thinking about running again.  

Jack Hassard, internationally known science educator, researcher and author, examines the interplay of politics and science to unravel the effects that Donald Trump and his administration had on American society in his new book, The Trump Files. 

Using Robert Jay Lifton’s concept of “a witnessing professional,” and Charles R. Ault’s introduction of him as “Citizen Jack,” The Trump Files is Citizen Jack Hassard’s eye-opening book revealing how Donald Trump affected not only American democracy, but human rights, science, and public health. 

Although not a journalist or media personality, Citizen Jack uses his researcher, blogger, professor, and citizen credentials to create a political science story about a grim period when Donald Trump was president. Jack weaves his abilities as an accomplished author and teacher of science, with citizen diplomacy, blogging, and the local politics of Georgia. He composes a history of a president and his administration who undermined the tenets of a liberal democracy, nearly overthrowing the American government with his Big Lie and attempted coup d’état.

Dive into Citizen Jack’s Gripping and Detailed Story of the Trump Years.

Details of the Trump Files

The Trump Files is organized around six themes with 13 chapters of my blog posts.