Larry Aldrich

Larry graduated from the University of Arizona’s Business Administration school in 1965. He worked as a CPA/consultant for 50 years specializing in contract/construction management and forensic audits. He is now semiretired living with his wife of 50 years in Arizona.

Since his youth, Larry has been told that he had a vivid imagination. His wife can attest to that today. Silent Prince is Larry’s first book. He had had the idea for this story for several years but never had the time to write. When he retired, he decided to use his extra time to write books. The current version of Silent Prince on Amazon/Kindle, Edition 4, is the product of a comprehensive edit of previous editions. Larry has written a short story “My Name Is Tommy” and it is also available on Amazon/Kindle. Larry's new book, "The Navajo Gambler" is also available on Amazon/Kindle. This story is about a Navajo both as a boy and as a young man and follows his life experiences with the white man (some good and some bad). It takes place primarily in Arizona Territory during the mid to late 1800s. The places and most of the events in the story are real, but the characters and their adventures are fiction.

Larry lived on a farm in Michigan until he was 15 years old. He remembers and is thankful for the freedom he had when he was young. He wandered about his father’s farm exploring this and that and burying secret treasures in the fields. He particularly loved to explore the woods on the farm and the hills created by nearby abandoned coal mine. From Michigan he moved to Tucson Arizona where he finished high school and went on to the University of Arizona. Upon graduation, he moved to Los Angeles with his new wife. There he lived and worked for 45 years. He has two sons, one living in the Los Angeles area and one in Arizona.

Attached is a picture of me and my wife at our 50th wedding anniversary. Also attached is a picture of me and my wife with Victor our Chichen Itza guide.