Battle fatigue...shell shock...PTSD... Terminology changes. The pain remains.Paul Eastman, a small-town Wisconsin boy turned P-40 fighter pilot, lands in the jungles of Assam and Burma in 1943. Lt. Eastman's compelling story, gleaned from his diary and letters home and illustrated with his personal photos, provides unique insights into the realities of combat life and death, punctuated by love and concern for the wife he left behind. Author Walt Shiel skillfully interleaves an informative history of the broader war into Eastman's personal accounts.Eastman evolves from an innocent abroad to a fatalistic combat veteran -- through missions that careen from mundane to adrenalin-fueled in a single heartbeat and through the humor, revelry, camaraderie, fatigue, and death that surround daily life. And through the "soul-numbing terror" of being shot down behind enemy lines. Like warriors before and after him, Eastman's war does not end after his 20 months of combat. After a decade of struggling to adapt, he finally takes his own life in a poignant episode that could be lifted from today's headlines.Paul Eastman's war is, indeed, a Rough War.Read Eastman's story, then give thanks to the veterans, past and present, who fight and die to preserve our freedoms.Rough War: Finalist, 2012 USA Best Book Awards and 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards!++++++++++++"In the annals of WWII aerial warfare Rough War is a jewel that has been missing for far too long."--Jim Hooper, Author of A Hundred Feet over Hell"Rough War is an important story that makes an equally important connection to the effects of war on the members of the US military today. A rare achievement that offers a rewarding, creative approach to history that should be a model for more writers."--Ed Rasimus, Author of Palace Cobra and When Thunder Rolled"A story of the war generation, of the forgotten theater, and of the terrible things just being in a war does to people."--Eric Hammel, Author of The Road to Big Week"Rough War presents a unique history of the making of a combat fighter pilot...While aviation technology changed for America's next war in SE Asia, the threats of the jungle, monsoon, and a determined enemy created similar issues during my own fighter-pilot experiences in Vietnam."--William H. Lawson, Brig. Gen, US Air Force, Retired"Rough War presents a highly personal view of air combat and daily life in the WW II jungles of Burma. Walt Shiel skillfully blends a history of that war with young fighter pilot Paul Eastman's personal diary, letters, and photographs. An engaging history of a small part of a global war."--Robert F. Dorr, Author of Mission to Berlin

Rough War: The Combat Story of Lt. Paul J. Eastman, a Burma Banshee P-40 and P-47 Pilot

Biographies & Memoirs

Shiel, Walt

Leaders & Notable People

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Mysterious footprints. Eerie screams. For centuries, if not longer, stunned witnesses have reported face-to-face encounters with the bizarre beasts responsible for mystifying us with the tantalizing evidence they leave behind. Countless books and documentaries have offered up the same explanation, that Bigfoot are nothing more than large, bipedal apes that mainstream science has yet to accept as real. But is this the truth, or merely disinformation?    Now, Lisa A. Shiel--author of the acclaimed Backyard Bigfoot--presents the uncensored facts about Bigfoot in a meticulously researched, no-holds-barred exploration of the phenomenon. Forbidden Bigfoot exposes the startling connections between Sasquatch and other unexplained phenomena, from UFOs and fairies to stick signs and crop-circle-like formations. Shiel strips away the hype about claims of Bigfoot DNA evidence, touted as the ultimate proof, and explores what genetics and the fossil record can really tell us about these elusive creatures.    What are the facts? Grab a copy of Forbidden Bigfoot today to find out!    ------------    Originally published as three e-books, this complete version of Forbidden Bigfoot includes updated information and new illustrations, all presented in full color.

Forbidden Bigfoot: Exposing the Controversial Truth about Sasquatch, Stick Signs, UFOs, Human Origins, and the Strange Phenomena in Our Own Backyards

Religion & Spirituality

Shiel, Lisa A.

Occult & Paranormal

Everett Ross often feels like a fish out of water, an ex-Texas Ranger who traded his horse and six-gun for the cockpit of a pursuit aircraft in the British Royal Flying Corps. Through his inimitable West Texas narrative, Ross thrills the reader with a riveting tale of authentic aerial combat in the skies above the stalemated trenches of World War I. On the ground, Ross, who speaks no French, pursues the enchanting Geneviève, who speaks no English. Despite their torrid and frenetic passion, the war rips them apart, and Ross plunges behind enemy lines in a desperate gamble to rescue her.Push that Buy Now button and catapult yourself into a breathless ride through history. Why wait?Once A Knight was awarded the Bronze Medal in Historical Fiction in the Military Writers Society of America 2011 Book Awards!

Once a Knight: A Novel of Aerial Combat & Romance in World War I

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

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