Whitey From Farm Kid To Flying Tiger To Attorney
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Whitey From Farm Kid To Flying Tiger To Attorney
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Author : Wayne G. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Langdon st Press
Release Date : 2011
Whitey From Farm Kid To Flying Tiger To Attorney written by Wayne G. Johnson and has been published by Langdon st Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
More than a "small town boy does good" story, this is the story of a small town boy who did great.
Whitey From Farm Kid To Flying Tiger To Attorney
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Author : Wayne Gordon Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
Release Date : 2011
Whitey From Farm Kid To Flying Tiger To Attorney written by Wayne Gordon Johnson and has been published by Hillcrest Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Depressions categories.
"Whitey- - From Farm Kid to Flying Tiger to Attorney, is the fascinating and riveting story of a boy, the 11th of 14 children of Norwegian immigrant parents, who grew up on tenant farms in rural Minnesota during the Great Depression. Johnson describes in graphic detail the harsh conditions under which the family lived and survived. "We were poor but didn't know it." With commendable honesty, Johnson's story illuminates the indiscretions of youth against the backdrop of a rural farm family. His story takes us through the extraordinary journey of one man who has seen more in his life, so far, than most of us could ever imagine. Wayne "Whitey" Johnson enlisted in the Air Corps on 8 December, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Trained as a fighter pilot in the P-40 Warhawk and the P-51 Mustang, Wayne was sent to China to join the famed Flying Tigers. He was stationed in an area of far eastern China referred to as the "pocket," surrounded by Japanese troops less than 50 miles away. He relates the grim realities of war with startling realism, graphically portraying the triumphs and tragedies - and the joys and sorrows - of young men at war. Whitey, as part of a flight of 16 P-51 Mustang fighters, participated in the first fighter strike against Japanese airdromes near Shanghai. Coming in at tree-top level, and catching the enemy by complete surprise, they destroyed 97 Japanese planes - mostly on the ground - without loss of any Americans. After the war, he became a successful attorney, setting a record as the longest-serving City Attorney in the United States, serving two cities for over fifty years. Continuing his activity in Aviation, Johnson was named Mr. Aviation of Minnesota in 1968. He was inducted into the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame in 2001. The Silver Bay (MN) airport was renamed the Wayne Johnson Airport in his honor in 2005 - an honor few living airmen enjoy. He has flown over 60 military and civilian aircraft and piloted his own plane into his mid-eighties."--Back cover.
North Shore Nuggets
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Author : James H. Manahan
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2014-12-09
North Shore Nuggets written by James H. Manahan and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Author James H. Manahan uses his personal experience and research to offer an informative insiders book that presents a variety of cases with legal and social implications. The articles, previously published in the Lake County News Chronicle of Two Harbors, Minnesota, take a look at fascinating North Shore cases, local legends, legal changes affecting the North Shore, social ills, and court procedures in Lake County. Praise for North Shore Nuggets This book of legal nuggets, written by a champion of civil liberties in Minnesota, is educational, interesting, and fun to read. I would recommend it to anyone interested in our societys big issues. Nadine Strossen, Past President, American Civil Liberties Union These North Shore nuggets are excellent and wonderfully written. They should inspire people to move up to the North Shore and enjoy themselves! Dr. Matthew Stark, Executive Director Emeritus, ACLU of Minnesota Any article and any book written by Jim Manahan of Minnesota will always be of interest to Americans everywhere. He explains legal and social issues with clarity and precision, and his experience defending civil liberties is well known, not just in Minnesota but throughout the country. Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union Im really impressed! James Manahan is such a good writer and treats such a wide variety of topics. His legal background certainly makes the stories more interesting, professional and informative. Margaret Gert, Napa, California
The Jagged Edge Of Duty
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Author : Robert L. Richardson
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2017-04-15
The Jagged Edge Of Duty written by Robert L. Richardson and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-15 with History categories.
The World War II fighter-pilot story On the very first day of the invasion of Sicily, three months into his combat career, Allan Knepper flew his P-38 Lightning fighter in a squadron sent out to sweep the island and interdict German ground targets. Retreating German infantry unexpectedly pounded the American flyers. Knepper was one of two shot down; he was never found. Knepper’s story is the story-in-microcosm of thousands of American fighter pilots in World War II. Richardson recounts Knepper’s experiences from training through combat and uses them to discuss the aircraft, tactics and doctrine, training, base life, and aerial combat of the war. This is the intimate account of one pilot at war, but also the anatomy of the fighter-pilot experience in World War II.
Spying From The Sky
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Author : Robert L. Richardson
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2020-03-31
Spying From The Sky written by Robert L. Richardson and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The “must read” story of America’s first high-altitude aviation program and one of its pilots (Francis Gary Powers Jr.). William “Greg” Gregory was born into a sharecropper’s life in the hills of North Central Tennessee. From the back of a mule-drawn plow, Greg learned the value of resilience and the importance of determined living. Refusing to accept a life of poverty, he found a way out: a work-study college program that made it possible for him to leave farming behind forever. While at college, Greg completed the Civilian Pilot Training Program and was subsequently accepted into the US Army’s pilot training program. Earning his wings in 1942, he became a P-38 combat pilot and served in North Africa during the summer of 1943—a critical time when the Luftwaffe was still a potent threat, and America had begun the march northward from the Mediterranean into Europe proper. Following the war, Greg served with a B-29 unit, then transitioned to the new, red-hot B-47 strategic bomber. In his frequent deployments, he was always assigned the same target in the Soviet Union: Joseph Stalin’s hometown of Tbilisi. While a B-47 pilot, Greg was selected to join America’s first high-altitude program, the Black Knights. Flying RB-57D aircraft, he and his team flew peripheral “ferret” missions around the Soviet Union and its satellites, collecting critical order-of-battle data desperately needed by the US Air Force at that time. When the program neared its design end—and following the Gary Powers shoot-down over the Soviet Union—Greg was assigned to command of the CIA’s U-2 unit at Edwards AFB. Over this five-year command, he and his team provided critical overflight intelligence during the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam buildup, and more. He also became one of the first pilots to fly U-2s off aircraft carriers in a demonstration project. Spying from the Sky is the in-depth biography of William Gregory, who attended the National War College, was assigned to the reconnaissance office at the Pentagon, and was named vice-commandant of the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) before retiring from the force in 1972.
The Keillor Reader
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Author : Garrison Keillor
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2014-05-01
The Keillor Reader written by Garrison Keillor and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Stories, essays, poems, and personal reminiscences from the sage of Lake Wobegon When, at thirteen, he caught on as a sportswriter for the Anoka Herald, Garrison Keillor set out to become a professional writer, and so he has done—a storyteller, sometime comedian, essayist, newspaper columnist, screenwriter, poet. Now a single volume brings together the full range of his work: monologues from A Prairie Home Companion, stories from The New Yorker and The Atlantic, excerpts from novels, newspaper columns. With an extensive introduction and headnotes, photographs, and memorabilia, The Keillor Reader also presents pieces never before published, including the essays “Cheerfulness” and “What We Have Learned So Far.” Keillor is the founder and host of A Prairie Home Companion, celebrating its fortieth anniversary in 2014. He is the author of nineteen books of fiction and humor, the editor of the Good Poems collections, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Main Street
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Author : Sinclair Lewis
language : en
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-06-01
Main Street written by Sinclair Lewis and has been published by BoD - Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-01 with Fiction categories.
Carol Milford grows up in a mid-sized town in Minnesota before moving to Chicago for college. After her education, during which she’s exposed to big-city life and culture, she moves to Minneapolis to work as a librarian. She soon meets Will Kennicott, a small-town doctor, and the two get married and move to Gopher Prairie, Kennicott’s home town. Carol, inspired by big-city ideas, soon begins chafing at the seeming quaintness and even backwardness of the townsfolk, and their conservative, self-satisfied way of life. She struggles to try to reform the town in her image, while finding meaning in the seeming cultural desert she’s found herself in and in her increasingly cold marriage. Gopher Prairie is a detailed, satirical take on small-town American life, modeled after Sauk Centre, the town in which Lewis himself grew up. The town is fully realized, with generations of inhabitants interacting in a complex web of village society. Its bitingly satirical portrayal made Main Street highly acclaimed by its contemporaries, though many thought the satirical take was perhaps a bit too dark and hopeless. The book’s celebration and condemnation of small town life make it a candidate for the title of the Great American Novel. Main Street was awarded the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, but the decision was overturned by the prize’s Board of Trustees and awarded instead to Edith Wharton for The Age of Innocence. When Lewis went on to win the 1926 Pulitzer for Arrowsmith, he declined it—with the New York Times reporting that he did so because he was still angry at the Pulitzers for being denied the prize for Main Street. Despite the book’s snub at the Pulitzers, Lewis went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930, with Main Street being cited as one of the reasons for his win.
The Years Were Good
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Author : Louis Benson Seltzer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-06-01
The Years Were Good written by Louis Benson Seltzer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-01 with categories.
America S Obsessives
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Author : Joshua Kendall
language : en
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Release Date : 2013-06-25
America S Obsessives written by Joshua Kendall and has been published by Grand Central Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-25 with History categories.
When most of us think of Charles Lindbergh, we picture a dashing twenty-five-year-old aviator stepping out of the Spirit of St. Louis after completing his solo flight across the Atlantic. What we don't see is the awkward high school student, who preferred ogling new gadgets at the hardware store to watching girls walk by in their summer dresses. Sure, Lindbergh's unique mindset invented the pre-flight checklist, but his obsession with order also led him to demand that his wife and three German mistresses account for all their household expenditures in detailed ledgers. Lucky Lindy is just one of several American icons whom Joshua Kendall puts on the psychologist's couch in America's Obsessives. In this fascinating look at the arc of American history through the lens of compulsive behavior, he shows how some of our nation's greatest achievements-from the Declaration of Independence to the invention of the iPhone-have roots in the disappointments and frustrations of early childhood. Starting with the obsessive natures of some of Silicon Valley's titans, including Steve Jobs, Kendall moves on to profile seven iconic figures, such as founding father Thomas Jefferson, licentious librarian Melvil Dewey, condiment kingpin H. J. Heinz, slugger Ted Williams, and Estee Lauder. This last personality was so obsessed with touching other women's faces that she transformed her compulsion into a multibillion-dollar cosmetics corporation. Entertaining and instructive, Kendall offers up a few scoops along the way: Little do most Americans know that Charles Lindbergh, under the alias Clark Kent, sired seven children with his three German "wives." As Lindbergh's daughter Reeve told Kendall, "Now I know why he was gone so much. I also understand why he was delighted when I was learning German."
Summary Of Disloyal A Memoir
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Author : OneHour Reads
language : en
Publisher: Knowledge Crave
Release Date : 2020-08-26
Summary Of Disloyal A Memoir written by OneHour Reads and has been published by Knowledge Crave this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-26 with categories.