A True Story , Memoir

THE HOUSE ON HARBOR COVE

A family legacy. A house that stopped feeling safe. For nearly sixty years, one man built something meant to outlast him. What happened after it disappeared from a quiet house on Harbor Cove Drive became the fight of a lifetime ,; and the record Paul Graze refused to let vanish.

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The Story

A collection built for a family. A silence no one could explain.

Chuck spent nearly six decades collecting ,; not just cards, but a piece of American history meant for the grandchildren who came after him. When a significant part of that collection disappeared from the house on Harbor Cove Drive, Paul Graze believed the process would be simple: report it, and someone would look.

Instead, he found silence. No report. No investigation. No one willing to open the door he kept knocking on. What began as a missing collection became a years-long record of vehicles, patterns, agencies, and unanswered questions ,; a paper trail one man refused to let disappear along with everything else he had already lost.

"It begins with sports cards, but it does not end with them ,; what disappeared was never only a collection." Paul Graze, The House on Harbor Cove

60 Yrs

Collection Built

Chapters

2019

Investigation Began

Report That Never Existed

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HAPTER ONE

Chuck’s Collection

The first thing I remember is the quiet. Not the peaceful kind of quiet that settles over a house at the end of the day, but the kind that makes you stop in the middle of a room and listen harder, even when there is nothing to hear. The house looked normal. That was what made it so disturbing.

The floor was still clean. The furniture was still where it belonged. The light still came through the windows in the same familiar way. There was no broken glass, no door hanging open, no chair knocked over to tell me something had happened. But something had happened. I could feel it before I could fully accept it.

I stood in front of the place where parts of Chuck’s collection should have been and stared as if staring long enough would bring the boxes back …

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Paul Graze

Meet the Author

Paul Graze

Paul Graze is a Vietnam veteran, entrepreneur, human-resources executive, endurance athlete, ranch owner, and lifelong builder. Over a distinguished career, he managed major industrial and construction workforces, conducted nearly 40,000 interviews, and helped assemble teams for landmark projects ,; including Atlanta’s 63-story Truist Plaza.

Beyond his professional life, he has completed approximately 20,000 miles of cross-country cycling and a 6,500-mile golf-cart journey powered by lithium-battery technology. He built a Charleston-style home by hand and created a 100-foot waterfall using roughly 2,000 bags of concrete.

A widower of nineteen years, Paul Graze continues to embody courage, resilience, determination, and an enduring spirit of adventure. The House on Harbor Cove is his account of the years he spent trying to be heard.

Vietnam veteran & endurance athlete
~40,000 interviews conducted
Helped staff Atlanta’s Truist Plaza
~20,000 miles cycled cross-country
Built a Charleston-style home by hand
Widower & father, nineteen years

Early Praise

What early readers are saying

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A gripping, deeply personal account of a fight for justice that never should have taken this long.

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Paul Graze writes with the discipline of a man who has learned that a record is the only thing no one can take from you.

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Part memoir, part investigation ,; a story about family, legacy, and what happens when the system looks away.

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