Speight Fork-Tail Devil

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4969-6415-1
Verlag: AuthorHouse
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 448 Seiten

This is an American story as told to me during many conversations that I had over a four-year period with Robert Carl Milliken (Bob). The book is important because it tells of men and women who stood up to be counted when their country called people whose deeds are fading into history and soon may be forgotten. The book incorporates the early history of Wyoming by starting with the first arrival of Bobs family in the Wyoming Territory before Statehood was conferred and follows the events which led Bob to his actions as a World War II Fighter Ace (he flew 68 combat missions). For the reader, I have also placed Bobs life in the perspective of the parallel actions that occurred in the Western United States and then during World War II in the European and Pacific Theaters.

The book will serve as a reminder for those readers who are not familiar with the events of World War II but who will appreciate and understand events outside of their own experience. In addition, it will help the families of World War II veterans to remember with pride the men and women who answered the call of their country.

And last but definitely not least, there is also Zellas story the young woman who Bob married on August 25 1946 and who bore four children, three daughters and one son. Zellas family history is also interesting the family can be traced back to 1617 in England and she is a descendent of one of the two regicide judges who authorized the execution of King Charles I of England after he was deposed by the forces of Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War (1642-1649). Furthermore, this book is not only a tribute to Bob and Zella but also to Zellas brother Bobby (Master Sergeant Robert Lewis Bell) who saw action on many missions as the belly gunner in a B-24 bomber and who researched the history of the Bell family in considerable detail.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Speight, James G.

Über Autor(innen)

Speight, James G.
Dr. James G. Speight earned his BSc and PhD degrees from the University of Manchester, England; he also holds a DSc (geological sciences) and a PhD (petroleum engineering). In addition to being the author of more than sixty technical books in fossil fuel science and engineering, biomass science and technology, environmental sciences, and business, he has also published three novels and is currently working on a fourth novel.

His hobbies are history and languages, and being a soccer referee for almost twenty years, he has an avid liking for soccer.