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Boyd
"Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, November 2002."--T.p. verso.
Double Ace
"Recounts the storied life and military career of the American flying Ace who flew missions in China alongside the "Flying Tigers" during World War II and helped found Georgia's Museum of Aviation, "--NoveList.
Brute
From the earliest days of his thirty-four-year military career, Victor "Brute" Krulak displayed a remarkable facility for applying creative ways of fighting to the Marine Corps. He went on daring spy missions, was badly wounded, pioneered the use of amphibious vehicles, and masterminded the invasion of Okinawa. In Korea, he was a combat hero and invented the use of helicopters in warfare. In Vietnam, he developed a holistic strategy in stark contrast to the Army's "Search and Destroy" methods -- but when he stood up to LBJ to protest, he was punished. And yet it can be argued that all of his these accomplishments pale in comparison to what he did after World War II and again after Korea: Krulak almost single-handedly stopped the U.S. government from abolishing the Marine Corps.
American Patriot
During the course of his military career, Bud Day won every available combat medal, escaped death on no less than seven occasions, and spent 67 months as a POW in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, along with John McCain. Despite sustained torture, Day would not break. He became a hero to POWs everywhere -- a man who fought without pause, not a prisoner of war, but a prisoner at war. Upon his return, passed over for promotion to Brigadier General, Day retired. But years later, with his children grown and a lifetime of service to his country behind him, he would engage in another battle, this one against an opponent he never had expected: his own country. On his side would be the hundreds of thousands of veterans who had fought for America only to be betrayed. And what would happen next would make Bud Day an even greater legend.
The Year the Lights Came On
Revolving around the electrification of rural northeast Georgia shortly after the end of World War II, the novel has become a classic coming-of-age story. Kay, now an acclaimed writer with an international following, has reread the novel with the eyes of a seasoned storyteller. Cutting here and adding there, Kay has enriched an already highly comical and poignant work.
INK
Few writers have traveled such a long and rock-strewn road on the way to success as has Robert Coram. His persistence is an object lesson for anyone who wants to write. In his early life, he failed at everything he did. He flunked out of college, served time in a military stockade, and was fired from numerous jobs. But all he wanted from life was to become a reporter at the Atlanta Journal. He returned to college and was hired by the paper while only a sophomore. During his six years at the paper he became a senior investigative reporter. He was fired and began a freelance career that saw him published in many national magazines. His articles about drug smuggling caught the attention of an e...
Summary of Robert Coram's Boyd
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Erie, Pennsylvania, is a hard town, a blue-collar town, and a grubby and decrepit town. It has more in common with its fellow Great Lakes rust-belt towns of Buffalo and Cleveland than it has with Pennsylvania cities. #2 When John Richard Boyd was born in 1927, his parents shared the front bedroom with him. His sister Marion had her own room. The third bedroom was shared by the boys, Bill and Gerry. #3 When Hubert died, his wife, Elsie, began selling cakes and Christmas cards to support the family. She also began conducting telephone solicitations for advertisements that went inside program booklets for banquets. #4 Elsie turned poverty into a cardinal virtue in her household. She taught her children that they had principles and integrity that were often lacking in those with money and social position. She hammered into John that as long as he held on to his sense of what was right, and as long as his integrity was inviolate, he was superior to those who had only rank or money.
Summary of Robert Coram's Gully Dirt
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 My story began when I was twelve years old and the new Baptist preacher came to town. I experienced sex for the first time, joined the church, and learned that my father was the instrument of a vengeful God. #2 The preacher at the Edison Baptist Church, Brother Dunagan, wanted to change things up. He had not been in Edison long enough to learn the names of the deacons, so he announced from the pulpit that the church should be open to the public every morning. #3 My father, who worked for the telephone company, had little in common with the local farmers. He did not want to spend his lunch hour praying, and he did not go to church with them. He hated Ralph McGill, the publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, because he was always bellyaching about the South. #4 I lived in a culture that was dominated by the word nigger, but my mother was uncomfortable with it. She asked my father not to use that word, and he always replied with something racist.
Caribbean Time Bomb
"The story of Antigua, its ruling family, and the corruption that has swept over the island since 1978 provides the core of this penetrating investigation of the Caribbean's dirtiest little secret. But surrounding that core is the equally disturbing account of the United States indifference to, and deep involvement with, that corruption. First brought to public light in author Robert Coram's lengthy New Yorker article about Antigua and Barbuda, these shocking truths about a presumed island paradise are now fully revealed for the first time:" "Despite its tourist-based economy, Antigua presents the greatest large-scale health hazard of any Caribbean island. Raw sewage from more than a dozen h...
Boyd
John Boyd may be the most remarkable unsung hero in all of American military history. Some remember him as the greatest U.S. fighter pilot ever -- the man who, in simulated air-to-air combat, defeated every challenger in less than forty seconds. Some recall him as the father of our country's most legendary fighter aircraft -- the F-15 and F-16. Still others think of Boyd as the most influential military theorist since Sun Tzu. They know only half the story. Boyd, more than any other person, saved fighter aviation from the predations of the Strategic Air Command. His manual of fighter tactics changed the way every air force in the world flies and fights. He discovered a physical theory that f...
