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'Robert Mason tells a gripping account of the relentless courage and heroism amidst the insanity of the Vietnam war. The final few pages are the most shocking I have read in any book.' - Tim Peake A stunning book about the right stuff in the wrong war. As a child, Robert Mason dreamed of levitating. As a young man, he dreamed of flying helicopters - and the U.S. Army gave him his chance. They sent him to Vietnam where, between August 1965 and July 1966, he flew more than 1,000 assault missions. In Chickenhawk, Robert Mason gives us a devastating bird's eye-view of that war in all its horror. He experiences the accelerating terror, the increasingly desperate courage of a man 'acting out the r...
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I had dreams of flying as a child. In 1962, after two years of sketchy attendance at the University of Florida, I dropped out to travel around the country. In 1964, I applied to be a pilot candidate in the army. #2 The flight program was nine months long. It began with one month of preflight training and four months of primary flight training at Fort Wolters, followed by four more months of advanced flight training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. #3 I had to go before the board, which was made up of other officers, to be evaluated for flight school. I had failed the first week of preflight training, and my instructors said I wasn’t interested in participating seriously when I was selected to be the student company commander. #4 I was called back to the office after the first round of preflight. The board’s decision to reinstate me had ruined the studentinstructor ratio at the flight line. I was told to start preflight all over again with the next class.
What if the U.S. Congress considered legalizing drugs? A prominent surgeon, DR. TONY RYAN, finds himself at the helm of the country's first experimental drug distribution program, which has been set up in Santa Barbara. Two months into its uneventful operation, Ryan returns from a brief holiday to find not only the program suddenly on the brink of disaster, but himself perilously pitched into a high-stakes life-threatening attack. On one hand, Substance of Abuse is a "Crichtonesque beach-reader" novel -- an intriguing adventure from Santa Barbara to Rome. And, on the other hand, it has an original high-concept premise whose highly charged controversial nature will surely leave the reader much to think about long after the last page is turned.
Two different stories about the genesis and the life-cycle of relationships. One is told from the female perspective, one from the male.
Continues to serve as a testament for an entire generation. But not even Mason's splendid debut will prepare you for the authority of Chickenhawk: Back in the World, his harrowing quest to find "the most significant thing I lost in that war - peace." Although Mason's return was at first promising - after leaving active combat duty he began instructing future helicopter pilots - it quickly spiraled downward: into bouts of panic and increasingly heavy drinking, adulterous.
Rob Mason's presentation could result in a lucrative advertising contract for his agency. But when a looming airline strike forces him to take a train to Chicago, he is faced with an additional challenge . to his emotions and maybe even his life. When faced with a menacing burglar in her home, Julie Grancher panics and decides to seek help from her brother in Chicago. She boards the same train that Rob is on not knowing that the burglar also boards the train. Rabe Corsio knows if he can eliminate Julie, the only witness to his theft, he will be able to hit it big and will go to any length to do so. Julie's husband George has embezzled money from Tony Nartola's import company and has been ordered to explain himself in Miami. But is Tony also a crook or is he a generous benefactor? From Philadelphia to Chicago to Miami the tension mounts as Rob and Julie try to escape their pursuer and learn the truth. Then in a tragic fateful encounter, everyone's life changes.
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