The literary world has suffered a major loss today. Vince Flynn, the creator of Mitch Rapp, one of the most memorable spies in the modern thriller world, has died way too soon at the age of 47 from prostate cancer. In his relatively short life he made a mark on the world of writing and adventure that will not be soon forgotten, if ever.
Not much to say here that you can’t read in many other places except this: Goodbye Vince. You will be missed.
A Fighting Man of Mars
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Reviewed by J. Keith Jones
“A Fighting Man of Mars” is the final installment in the John Carter of Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. In this one, John Carter is an important, but ancillary character. Instead, the main character is a previously unknown character named Hadron of Hastor. Like the previous books, this is essentially a quest to recover a lost love. Hadron, a military officer, has fallen head over heels for the daughter of his commander. Sanoma Tora is an exceedingly beautiful – and haughty – woman who instantly beguiles Hadron.
She is soon kidnapped by an unknown party. So a mystery is to be solved and the chase is on. The quest takes Hadron half way around Barsoom (Mars) and introduces him and us to several new characters including Tavia, a slave girl that Hadron can neither keep off his mind, nor admit he has stronger feelings for than friendship.
In Tavia we see a far stronger and more assertive female character than in the previous books. Of course it is complete with the usual assortment of creatures like white apes, giant spiders and even some insane cannibals for good measure.
This edition wraps up the series nicely. “A Fighting Man of Mars” was originally serialized in six parts in Blue Book Magazine in 1930. It was collected into book form in May 1931.
On June 8, 1863, Daniel Boyd wrote his father that the word in the camp around Culpeper was that they were soon heading into Pennsylvania. He also spoke of further actions around Fredericksburg. There was little else he had to report about this time.
Boys of Diamond Hill
The Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for History 2012.
To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here.
To learn more click on the “Diamond Hill” link at the top. To buy the book you may go to any major online retailer such as Amazon or Barnes and Noble, or you may buy it directly from McFarland Publishers. “The Boys of Diamond Hill” is also available for the Kindle.
My newest book, “Georgia Remembers Gettysburg” is now available for order through Amazon. I understand that in the next week it will be in the bookstores in Gettysburg. I wish to thank Eric Lindblade and Ten Roads Publishing for working so hard to get this book out in time for the upcoming Sesquicentennial of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Grove Plantation near Adams Run
Boys of Diamond Hill
The Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for History 2012.
To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here.
To learn more click on the “Diamond Hill” link at the top. To buy the book you may go to any major online retailer such as Amazon or Barnes and Noble, or you may buy it directly from McFarland Publishers. “The Boys of Diamond Hill” is also available for the Kindle.
Grove Plantation near Adams Run
Boys of Diamond Hill
The Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for History 2012.
To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here.
To learn more click on the “Diamond Hill” link at the top. To buy the book you may go to any major online retailer such as Amazon or Barnes and Noble, or you may buy it directly from McFarland Publishers. “The Boys of Diamond Hill” is also available for the Kindle.
On May 28, 1863 Captain Robert N. Chatham, Thomas’s commanding officer, sent Robert Boyd a letter instructing him how to claim Thomas’s final payment from the Confederate government. This was written a year and a day before this fine officer would receive his own mortal wound at New Hope Church, Georgia. Capt. Chatham would die on May 31, 1864. The book contains the contents of a letter from Chatham’s chaplain J. G. Richards to Chatham’s half brother James Cobb detailing his final hours.
Boys of Diamond Hill
The Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for History 2012.
To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here.
To learn more click on the “Diamond Hill” link at the top. To buy the book you may go to any major online retailer such as Amazon or Barnes and Noble, or you may buy it directly from McFarland Publishers. “The Boys of Diamond Hill” is also available for the Kindle.
Grove Plantation near Adams Run
Boys of Diamond Hill
The Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for History 2012.
To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here.
To learn more click on the “Diamond Hill” link at the top. To buy the book you may go to any major online retailer such as Amazon or Barnes and Noble, or you may buy it directly from McFarland Publishers. “The Boys of Diamond Hill” is also available for the Kindle.
Grove Plantation near Adams Run
Boys of Diamond Hill
The Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for History 2012.
To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here.
To learn more click on the “Diamond Hill” link at the top. To buy the book you may go to any major online retailer such as Amazon or Barnes and Noble, or you may buy it directly from McFarland Publishers. “The Boys of Diamond Hill” is also available for the Kindle.
Grove Plantation near Adams Run
Boys of Diamond Hill
The Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for History 2012.
To read the entries thus far in the Sesquicentennial series for The Boys of Diamond Hill click here.
To learn more click on the “Diamond Hill” link at the top. To buy the book you may go to any major online retailer such as Amazon or Barnes and Noble, or you may buy it directly from McFarland Publishers. “The Boys of Diamond Hill” is also available for the Kindle.
