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Posted by on Dec 7, 2013 in Blog, Book Reviews | 4 comments

Book Review: “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand

 

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Louis Zamperini’s name is probably unfamiliar to you, that is unless you’ve read Lauren Hillenbrand’s second book, Unbroken:  A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption.  By this time next year, you most certainly will know of this book and name as well as his incredible story, since it’s being made into a movie.  Unbroken is scheduled for release in December 2014.  A review of the book follows.

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Posted by on Nov 22, 2013 in Blog, Personal | 4 comments

Growing Up In the Shadows of the Kennedy Assassination

 

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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.  Some 19 months before that tragic day, I was born in Dallas.  My family lived in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, which is where Lee Harvey Oswald also resided and was ultimately captured.  In today’s column, I’d like to tell you a bit more about what life was like growing up in the shadows of the Kennedy Assassination, as I remember it.

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