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American Hero is a 1993 satirical conspiracy novel, reissued as Wag the Dog: A Novel in 2004, written by Larry Beinhart.It speculates that Operation Desert Storm had been scripted and choreographed as a ploy to get George H. W. Bush reelected to a second term (taking cues from Margaret Thatcher's similar war in the Falkland Islands), while at the same time analyzing exactly why that conflict ...
Robert Anthony Stone (August 21, 1937 – January 10, 2015) was an American novelist, journalist, and college professor.. He was five times a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, [2] which he did receive in 1975 for his novel Dog Soldiers.
Dog Soldiers deals with the fall of the counterculture in America, the rise of mass cynicism and the end of the optimism of the 1960s. California has moved on from the Summer of Love to post-Manson paranoia. Converse, a once-promising writer now unable to do more than observe, waits for artistic inspiration as a war correspondent in Vietnam.
Patricia Aakhus (1952–2012), The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh Rachel Aaron, Fortune's Pawn Atia Abawi Edward Abbey (1927–1989), The Monkey Wrench Gang Lynn Abbey (born 1948), Daughter of the Bright Moon Laura Abbot, My Name is Nell Belle Kendrick Abbott (1842–1893), Leah Mordecai Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), poet, novelist and short story writer Hailey Abbott, Summer Boys ...
Luis Carlos Montalvan (April 13, 1973 – December 2, 2016) was an American soldier and author. He was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Potomac, MD, received a BA from the University of Maryland and a Master's in Journalism from Columbia University. He served two tours of duty in Iraq and was an advocate for the use of service dogs.
The world lost one of Hollywood's most iconic dogs this week. Moonie, the chihuahua who played Elle Woods' dog Bruiser in both "Legally Blonde" films, died at the age of 18 on Thursday.
James Jones (author), 25th Infantry Division, United States Army, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal (From Here to Eternity, The Thin Red Line) Lt.Col Jorma Karhunen, Finnish fighter ace and Mannerheim Cross awardee, a notable fiction and history author; Cyril M. Kornbluth, United States Army.
Baby, it's getting cold outside, and your dog can feel it, too. Google searches for ‘winter clothes for dogs’ have increased +47% as pet parents everywhere try to find deals on coats on shoes ...