This book completely took my breath away. I was in love with Laura Hillenbrand’s Seabiscuit, but this one eclipses it—and then some. I downloaded this to my Kindle and thanked God I had it during a 16-hour roadtrip with my family. I was raptured by the book from page one. I read during each five-minute drive between errands and for seven solid hours at a time. The tale of these men and what they endured during the war. Hillenbrand creates characters that seem larger than life—characters that might not even fly if this was a “fiction” book. But the truth behind each chapter makes it all the more powerful and...
Some of my favorite WWII Resources
Lately I’ve been studying up as I’m editing my most recent manuscript. Normally, I do very targeted research and find exactly which details I need. This time I’ve just been soaking up as much WWII history as humanly possible. Here’s a few of the resources I’ve been diving into lately:
Merry Christmas!
A shot of our Christmas tree with one of our first ornaments on it. One of my dogs, opening presents at last year’s Christmas. (Can you tell we don’t have children yet? The dogs get more presents than we do.) Merry Christmas!
Discovered Treasures: Flying Magazines
This past weekend, I picked up a bunch of treasures from the 40s that I use for reference and research in writing my novels. My favorite discovery: These magazines are full of articles and ads that testify to the full-fledge war effort in America in 1943 and 1944. I’ll review some of these articles and post some ads in upcoming blogs. Flying Magazine is still in print today – from the magazine’s press kit: “FLYING Magazine, published since 1927, is written for and read by the pilots who actively use general aviation for both personal and business travel. Since its inception, FLYING has been the voice of aviation, read by...
Historical Events that Should Have Happened…
I found this post on Inkwell Inspirations, which is part of my regular daily blog reading, and loved it! All of these are very near and dear to my heart: Original post: http://inkwellinspirations.blogspot.com/2010/10/10-historical-events-that-never.html I recommend adding Inkwell Inspirations to your Google Reader! (Of course, I highly recommend using Google Reader – see that post here!) 🙂