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A Dishonorable Discharge: A Novel of Love and War

Sherman, Larry R.
A Dishonorable Discharge: A Novel of Love and War
Merriam Press Historical Fiction (First Edition, 2015). An historical romance set against the backdrop of the war in Europe and how a couple's love conflicts with duty. Walter Steinberg is from Marietta, Ohio. He earned a degree in Industrial Engineering just before being drafted into the Army in June 1942. He becomes the commanding officer of Reconnaissance Patrol 763, consisting of three jeeps and an M8 armored car. He spends 18 months train...

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As If They Were Ours: The Story of Camp Tyson - America's...

McFarlin, Shannon
As If They Were Ours: The Story of Camp Tyson - America's Only Barrage Balloon Training Facility
Merriam Press World War 2 History SeriesIt was the only barrage balloon training facility in the U.S. in World War II, so the soldiers who were there had an experience unlike any other soldiers anywhere. The Camp also became engrained in the lives of Henry Countians - most every home in Paris, Tennessee, had a soldier and his family living with them (including the author's) and the camp is credited with modernizing Paris and the county. Most i...

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Once Upon a Time There Was a War

Kaluza, Les
Once Upon a Time There Was a War
Merriam Press Personal Chronicle No. 9. First Edition, 2015. Once Upon a Time There Was a War is a kaleidoscope of events. It starts with World War II seen through the eyes of a child. The author was only nine years old when the war started and he writes about his memories of horrible events like hangings and executions of innocent people, senseless killings that brought misery to so many lives. But, being only a child, he also had times of fu...

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The Consequences of Being Ernest

Hawks, Tom
The Consequences of Being Ernest
Merriam Press Fiction No. 3 First Edition, 2015 A dark, sad, comedic, fictional account of a man who believes he is the reincarnation of Ernest Hemingway. "Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21st, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Hemingway died on July 2nd, 1961, at his home in Ketchum, Idaho, from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head that blew off half of his face and the back of his head. "I was born on May 2nd, ...

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A World at Risk

Stenesh, Jochanan
A World at Risk
Merriam Press Fiction Series First Edition 2016 Albert Einstein is alleged to have said "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." Thankfully, a catastrophic World War III has not broken out so far. However, few would disagree that the danger of it erupting has grown with the advent of the 21st century. This book of political fiction takes the reader into an imagined fut...

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OCEAN APART

Ippolito, Melanie A.
OCEAN APART
Merriam Press Historical Fiction Series. An Ocean Apart was inspired by the hundreds of letters the author's parents wrote to one another during World War II. An Ocean Apart is a story of enduring love. It is a story of ambition, religious intolerance, long separations and adversities, of rationing and persistent shortages. Deeply infused in history, it is one war bride's story out of thousands who made the journey across the Atlantic to begin...

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