Son of a Sandstorm
Burrus, Ray
Son of a Sandstorm is a memoir about the early life of Raymond Burrus. When his daughter went away to college, they agreed to write to each other each week. As the letters progressed, he used his journals from his travels and started writing her his life story up to age twenty-seven. Those eighty letters became the genesis for this book.Raymond served four years as an officer in the army. Upon his return from Vietnam, he decided to see more of...