Flak Bait makes it clear that Jim Simpson believes in full contact citizenship--defending the nation against tyranny in the skies over Germany, against organized crime in Chicago and Galveston, and against everyday attacks on the Constitution at the local school board and courthouse.  Can we clone him?

Liz Carpenter, Author and former press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson

Flak Bait is a charming memoir by a man of principle who added his share of great to the Greatest Generation. Jim Simpson has always looked out for the underdog and the underrepresented, and we are a better society because he stood up to power and corruption.

Thomas Zigal, Author, Into Thin Air and The White League

Flak Bait is a story that anyone interested in Galveston County history should read. Few individuals shaped modern Galveston County as much as James Simpson.

The Galveston County Daily News