In this conversational memoir, James "Jim" Peacock, Kenan Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, describes life in several dimensions: work, family, and the world. While discussing his career as a professor and leader, he emphasizes the triad of teaching, research, and service. Recounting his adventures as an anthropologist in Asia and the U.S. South, he celebrates family, friends, and music. Adding another perspective, his wife Florence contributes a spirited interview. Through it all, Jim Peacock is grateful for his sheer good luck.

A True Lucky Jim

Biographies & Memoirs

Peacock, James

Memoirs

Lucky Press

A novel based on the extraodinary decision of 21 American POWs who chose Communist China rather than repatriation to the U.S. at the close of the Korean War.

Traitor: The Odyssey of Korean War Pows in Red China-A Novel Based on Actual Events

Literature & Fiction

Jack Casserly

United States

Captain Will Turner is part of the hastily-formed Home Defence organization combating the Zeppelin night raids on England in the spring and summer of 1916. The German airships have ranged across the country invulnerable to all forms of defense. Only one Zeppelin, LZ37, has been destroyed in the air, bombed while coming in to land near Ghent in Belgium by Flight Sub Lieutenant Warneford in his Morane monoplane. This single success, combined with the lack of results achieved with machine gun-equipped airplanes, has led to the mistaken belief in the British High Command that an airship can only be destroyed by bombing from above. They are convinced the Germans are using a system to duct spent exhaust gases around the highly flammable gasbags to prevent fire. Will Turner, by now an experienced military aviator, knows this theory is flawed. A qualified and farsighted aeronautical engineer, it falls to him to penetrate to the heart of the Kaiser’s Imperial Naval Air Service to obtain the evidence needed to change British tactics.

Turner's Defense: A Will Turner Story

Chris Davey

Genre Fiction

Fieldwork and Lawnwork: Memories and Reflections of an Anthropologist

Peacock, James L.

Kushkova, Anna

Professionals & Academics

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