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Nick & Carter Holiday #22
Pearl Harbor Day, 1991
Saturday, December 7, 1991
It's the fiftieth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, an event that propelled the United States into the Second World War.
Mike Robertson has decided he wants to take Nick and Carter out for dinner to clear the air about something that happened way back then.
But then some other friends get involved and they end up in the last apartment that Nick and Mike shared before the war.
And Mike is cooking his famous pot roast, the only thing he really knows how to make.
Over dinner, Nick begins to tell his version of the events that happened fifty years ago in that very same apartment.
Needless to say, it's definitely going to be a night to remember!
It's the fiftieth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, an event that propelled the United States into the Second World War.
Mike Robertson has decided he wants to take Nick and Carter out for dinner to clear the air about something that happened way back then.
But then some other friends get involved and they end up in the last apartment that Nick and Mike shared before the war.
And Mike is cooking his famous pot roast, the only thing he really knows how to make.
Over dinner, Nick begins to tell his version of the events that happened fifty years ago in that very same apartment.
Needless to say, it's definitely going to be a night to remember!
- GenresGay
53 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 6, 2020
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About the author
Frank W. Butterfield
123 books106 followersFrank W. Butterfield, not an assumed name, loves old movies, wise-cracking smart guys with hearts of gold, and writing for fun.
Although he worships San Francisco, he lives at the beach on another coast.
Born on a windy day in November of 1966, he was elected President of his high school Spanish Club in the spring of 1983.
After moving across these United States like a rapid-fire pinball, he currently makes his home in a hurricane-proof apartment with superior water pressure that was built in 1926.
While he hasn't met any dolphins personally, that invitation is always open.
Although he worships San Francisco, he lives at the beach on another coast.
Born on a windy day in November of 1966, he was elected President of his high school Spanish Club in the spring of 1983.
After moving across these United States like a rapid-fire pinball, he currently makes his home in a hurricane-proof apartment with superior water pressure that was built in 1926.
While he hasn't met any dolphins personally, that invitation is always open.
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December 9, 2020
Okay, again, surprised to see this day pop up, but I think this is one of my favorites in this series of holidays. Although it takes place in 1991, the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, it really is several of the main characters recounting what was happening on that day in San Francisco in 1941. Really enjoyable.
December 7, 2022
I think so far this has been my favorite in this series of holiday windows into the lives of Nick and Carter and their friends. Maybe it's the history buff in me, maybe it's the inclusion of friends, maybe it's the set-up of flashback/memory recall, or most likely it's a combination of all three.
We all have at least one thing happen in our lives that we'll never forget, no matter how old we get so seeing Nick and company recall the days of that fateful day 50 years later is not only realistic and believable, but also heartbreaking and heartwarming. Heartwarming because you feel the emotions behind their story, heartbreaking because, yes they obviously survived the war but hindsight lets us know what lies ahead of them.
Pearl Harbor, 1991 gives us a look at the characters of the author's Nick and Carter universe(Nick more than the rest) both in the historical and contemporary setting, not always easy to do in a short story but Frank W Butterfield accomplishes it wonderfully. Once again his original tales of Nick and Carter creep up higher on my TBR list.
We all have at least one thing happen in our lives that we'll never forget, no matter how old we get so seeing Nick and company recall the days of that fateful day 50 years later is not only realistic and believable, but also heartbreaking and heartwarming. Heartwarming because you feel the emotions behind their story, heartbreaking because, yes they obviously survived the war but hindsight lets us know what lies ahead of them.
Pearl Harbor, 1991 gives us a look at the characters of the author's Nick and Carter universe(Nick more than the rest) both in the historical and contemporary setting, not always easy to do in a short story but Frank W Butterfield accomplishes it wonderfully. Once again his original tales of Nick and Carter creep up higher on my TBR list.
December 21, 2020
epub, 46 pages
When Nick signed up for the Navy... Fifty years on Mike arranges a dinner for Nick and Carter - and a few other long-standing friends - to apologise for what happened then.
Touching, sweet - old friends reminiscing. Impossible to review!
When Nick signed up for the Navy... Fifty years on Mike arranges a dinner for Nick and Carter - and a few other long-standing friends - to apologise for what happened then.
Touching, sweet - old friends reminiscing. Impossible to review!
December 23, 2020
Pearl Harbor Day, 1991 (Nick & Carter Holidays, #22)
By Frank W. Butterfield
Published by the author, 2020
Five stars
As the year of holidays set in Nick & Carter’s universe draws to a close, author Frank Butterfield is really ramping up the nostalgia. This story takes place in an unoccupied apartment in San Francisco, formerly lived in by a young gay man who has died of AIDS. The apartment is in a building Nick happens to own, the rent prepaid until the next spring by Nick. More importantly, his first love, former police officer Mike Robertson, decides to host a little dinner in what was his apartment when he first met Nick Williams, then all of sixteen years old. This is the place where Nick’s first love affair unfolded.
The purpose of the dinner—including Nick and Carter, Mike and his husband Greg, along with Robert Evans and his husband Henry Winters—is to tape record Nick’s recollection of the events around Pearl Harbor Day in 1941, fifty years earlier. This is a critical moment, and one alluded to many times over the course of the Nick & Carter series; but we’ve never heard the story.
As you can imagine, it’s filled with emotion, reminding us of a time when war could be a good fight, one for which young men would line up to enlist. It depicts an America hard for my children to recognize.
As I’ve said before, Nick & Carter are like fictional parents to me—the same generation as my parents, whose young lives were disrupted by the outbreak of World War II, and who were married four years later, within days of the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Butterfield fills in the gaps in the backstory that preceded Nick meeting Carter, even as they and their friends, all in their sixties and seventies now, reminisce about a time that changed all of their lives.
In this unreal holiday season (which, because of my many blessings, is still a happy time), these fictional men seem even more real to me. I cherish these stories, and their author’s big heart and love-filed imagination. One more holiday to go. Thanks, Frank.
By Frank W. Butterfield
Published by the author, 2020
Five stars
As the year of holidays set in Nick & Carter’s universe draws to a close, author Frank Butterfield is really ramping up the nostalgia. This story takes place in an unoccupied apartment in San Francisco, formerly lived in by a young gay man who has died of AIDS. The apartment is in a building Nick happens to own, the rent prepaid until the next spring by Nick. More importantly, his first love, former police officer Mike Robertson, decides to host a little dinner in what was his apartment when he first met Nick Williams, then all of sixteen years old. This is the place where Nick’s first love affair unfolded.
The purpose of the dinner—including Nick and Carter, Mike and his husband Greg, along with Robert Evans and his husband Henry Winters—is to tape record Nick’s recollection of the events around Pearl Harbor Day in 1941, fifty years earlier. This is a critical moment, and one alluded to many times over the course of the Nick & Carter series; but we’ve never heard the story.
As you can imagine, it’s filled with emotion, reminding us of a time when war could be a good fight, one for which young men would line up to enlist. It depicts an America hard for my children to recognize.
As I’ve said before, Nick & Carter are like fictional parents to me—the same generation as my parents, whose young lives were disrupted by the outbreak of World War II, and who were married four years later, within days of the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Butterfield fills in the gaps in the backstory that preceded Nick meeting Carter, even as they and their friends, all in their sixties and seventies now, reminisce about a time that changed all of their lives.
In this unreal holiday season (which, because of my many blessings, is still a happy time), these fictional men seem even more real to me. I cherish these stories, and their author’s big heart and love-filed imagination. One more holiday to go. Thanks, Frank.
October 29, 2025
Remembrance Day
While this short provides some background information, the delivery style is not a favorite of mine. The narrative alternates between current time and recollections from 1941 and the beginning of WWII. It’s interesting, just not quite as entertaining, at least for me.
While this short provides some background information, the delivery style is not a favorite of mine. The narrative alternates between current time and recollections from 1941 and the beginning of WWII. It’s interesting, just not quite as entertaining, at least for me.
January 3, 2021
Another winner
This is another winner from an outstanding series. My heart was literally in my throat throughout the entire short. I have to say this is one of my faves of the series and Nick’s recounting of the bombing of Pearl Harbor will indeed live in infamy in my mind.
This is another winner from an outstanding series. My heart was literally in my throat throughout the entire short. I have to say this is one of my faves of the series and Nick’s recounting of the bombing of Pearl Harbor will indeed live in infamy in my mind.
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