The New Improved Poor Man's James Bond by Kurt Saxon

In 1976 he began publishing The Survivor to celebrate forgotten pioneer skills. After his legal name change to Kurt Saxon, he authored the biker book Wheels of Rage, a partially fictitious, but mostly factual account of the San Fernando, California based Iron Cross M.C., an Outlaw motorcycle club the Poor Man's James Bond series of books on improvised weaponry and Granddad's Wonderful Book of Chemistry as well as Granddad's Wonderful Book of Electricity, which are compilations of several out of print hobbyist booklets on home brew chemistry and electronics projects. Saxon is the author, under his birth name 'Don Sisco,' of The Militant's Formulary. In the early 1990s, Saxon had a shortwave radio program over WRNO, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Saxon claimed that David Letterman had once invited him to appear on his show to demonstrate recipes from his book Granddad’s Wonderful Book of Chemistry, but later cancelled Saxon's appearance after a rehearsal went badly. He claims to have coined the term 'survivalism' to refer to making preparations for a future collapse of society and/or a major disaster. īy the early 1970s he came to reject the political and religious groups of the 1960s, and began writing on homesteading and preparedness issues. According to newspaper accounts, he suggested police and 'concerned citizens' use bombs to wipe out 'leftists,' and recommended that student demonstrators be machine-gunned in the streets. In August 1970, he appeared before a Senate Investigations subcommittee holding hearings on bombings and terrorism.

Kurt Saxon (born Donald Eugene Sisco Ma– August 16, 2021) was an American writer, radio host, survivalist and the author of The Poor Man's James Bond, a series of books on improvised weapons and munitions.ĭuring the 1960s, Saxon drifted into and out of several political organizations and new religious movements, including the American Nazi Party, the John Birch Society, the Minutemen, and the Church of Scientology.

The New Improved Poor Man's James Bond by Kurt Saxon