Dan Davis, just back from a world tour and meeting the Dalai Lama, met with old friends from Onida on Saturday in Pierre, signing copies of his book on being a world-traveling drug fugitive and longtime federal prisoner. “I’m June Cary,” said June Cary Classen as she approached Davis in the Prairie Pages Bookseller in Pierre. “JUNE!,” Davis said, getting up to hug her. She was class of 1975, he was class of 1972 in Onida. “I hadn’t seen [...]
Long before they came for him with a black hood and handguns, Dan “Tito” Davis — a lifelong drug dealer by trade — sensed his fate had already been decided. Davis, now 63, was born in Pierre and grew up in Onida, the son of “Shorty,” a mechanic, and Marcelleen, a homemaker who later spent 20 years toiling as a janitor at the local school. The small town about 25 miles northeast of Pierre was idyllic in the 1960s [...]
Dan “Tito” Davis, Black Hills State, is a Sig Tau alumni who recently became a published author. With the help of Peter Conti, the book “Gringo,” is the untold story of Dan and his unique life journey. His book recently topped one of Amazon’s “hot new releases” charts and has over a four-star rating, with over 200 reviews on Barnes & Noble’s website. Q: Where did the idea about writing a book generate from? A: I had been on five [...]
To say Peter Conti is multi-talented is an understatement. He is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and producer who has collaborated with Joe Pesci on the hit plays “House Arrest” and “Murderers Anonymous.” He also produced and directed the best-selling video “A Boxer’s Workout” with Mickey Rourke and Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini. He has written short stories and worked on feature films with Martin Scorsese. His latest effort, “Gringo: My Life On The Edge As An International Fugitive,” is a collaboratiion [...]
What if tomorrow, you had to leave your family, your home, and everything you’ve ever known to become a fugitive in a country where you couldn’t even speak the language? Do you think you’d survive? Dan “Tito” Davis did. In his real-life memoir, Gringo: My Life on the Edge as an International Fugitive, written while serving a 10-year prison sentence, he details his shocking story of the 13 years he spent on the run from the United States federal government. Davis [...]
Born in South Dakota, Dan “Tito” Davis, along with co-writer Peter Conti, initially attempts to portray himself as an average kid. “Looking back at it,” he tells the reader, “I’m not proud of my behavior, but I wasn’t the first, nor will I be the last, twenty-year-old who got some help from his parents to start a business.” The difference, however, is that Tito’s just borrowed ten thousand dollars to expand his drug business so that he can continue [...]
Gringo: My Life on the Edge is a true, larger than life adventure of a fugitive on the run. Dan “Tito” Davis’ life begins in rural South Dakota with a very normal childhood, doing what kids of his age would do – playing, hunting, fishing, and helping out his family. Well, everything changes for him when he leaves home in 1974 to join the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, where he creates a multimillion-dollar business manufacturing and selling drugs. After being [...]
Download Audio File
Click the button below to view the images of Dan Tito Davis Gingo Venezuela on Google. View Images
