Coming soon From Bella Rosa Books.
Through our Eyes; A Grunts Story
by Jesse Odom.
When the first ground assault on Iraq began, Jesse Odom was only 19 years
old. He sat in the commander's seat of one of the huge converted amphibian
vehicles that hauled American Marines across the desert from Kuwait to the
Iraqi boarder. Inside the vehicle they called a 'track.' were
18 young Marines and enough supplies to last several days. They would fire
the first shots and take the first prisoners and capture Sadam's palace.
One of them would be the first American to die.
In this frank and personal account, you will come to know some remarkable
Marines and see a view of the war in ways you won't see on the news.
Watch Jesse on Dateline NBC on Memorial Day.
Sullvan Maxx recoommends:
Voices
from St. Simons: Personal Narratives of an Island's Past
Edited by Stephen Doster
Voices from St. Simons records interviews with 17 people whose connection to the island stretches back generations. Five of the people interviewed are direct descendants of well-known planters who owned large plantations in and around St. Simons. Six interviewees are direct descendants of slaves, many of whom lived and worked on those same plantations.
Lord
Baltimore by Stephen Doster
Country-club slacker Ensworth Harding is in for a surprise on his 18th birthday. "Son, his father tells him, "I give you a great gift today. See that open road? Your destiny lies down there." Ensworth is then kicked out of the car, given instructions to deliver a letter to an address in Savannah, Georgia, and told, "If I hear so much as a peep until your journey is complete, I will disinherit you." Ensworth falls in with a bearded, unkempt, Keds-wearing gentleman who is part overgrown forest sprite, part enlightened bum, and part old-time British knight. He calls himself Lord Baltimore, and he will serve as Ensworth's guide and mentor.
In the great tradition of the picaresque novel, the two subsequently endure a series on misadventures that bring Ensworth a little closer to his destination physically but go a long way toward preparing him for it spiritually.. Most of the action takes place on the Gullah island of Zapala off the Georgia coast, a place where the witch doctor is the leading community figure and where ghosts of dead slaves linger in the air. One of those novels that creates its own universe and whose characters walk the line between the real and the fantastic.
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