War is the common theme of today's featured entries. Covering three different conflicts from three different decades, these blooks provide a wide range of views and experiences directly from people who were on the front lines.
Heroes Among Us
by Hal Terrell - www.realheroesamongus.com
$26.50 (Trafford) Buy it
Blooker category: Non-Fiction
"Tells the story of twenty-two boys who grew up in a small western Colorado town during The Great Depression and how they dealt with their circumstances. It also delves into each individual's WWII experiences and what each one did after WWII to help build America into what it is today. Each chapter is loaded with emotions and humor. How many other young men from other small towns across America have shared similar experiences? This book will appeal to all veterans as well as our young people and the public in general."
Mission Saddam
by Herb Eash - www.herbeash.com
$20.00 (Lulu) - Buy it
Blooker category: Non-Fiction
"Mission Saddam is about severe atrocities from an over-zealous dictator who caused a stir that brought in the Calvary! A soldiers’ daily survival in a time of war and wait. The effects of war on both this soldier and his beloved spouse. By reading Mission Saddam you learn more about (GWI) Gulf War Illness which is plaguing thousands of Soldiers who served in the Middle East during a time of War to save the Kuwaiti people from Saddam's Tyranny. Includes a Gulf War Timeline from the start in 1990 to the end in 1991."
My War: Killing Time In Iraq
by Colby Buzzell - www.cbftw.blogspot.com
$15.00 (Berkeley/Penguin) Buy it
Blooker category: Non-Fiction
"Colby Buzzell traded a dead-end future for the army--and ended up as a machine gunner in Iraq. To make sense of the absurd and frightening events surrounding him, he started writing a blog about the war--and how it differed from the government's official version. But as his blog's popularity grew, Buzzell became the embedded reporter the army couldn't control--despite its often hilarious efforts to do so."
Amazing book!
Posted by: Brian Aldrich | June 09, 2007 at 09:28 PM