Bøger af Nick Wynne

Join a trio of Florida historians on this exploration of Florida by air. Few states can claim an aeronautical heritage as rich as Florida's. From early flights in tiny cloth-covered planes to the latest rocket ships, and from the first passenger flights to journeys that span the globe, Florida skies have seen the most primitive forms of aviation evolve into the most technologically advanced. In 1910, Lincoln Beachey won $1500 at the Orange County Fair for staying in the air for five minutes, just three years before Domingo Rosillo made the 90-mile flight across the Florida Strait in two hours and eight minutes, setting world records for both distance flown over water and altitude attained. A couple decades later, Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan left Miami on the first leg of their around-the-world flight that ended in disaster.

Florida has long been viewed as a land of hope and endless possibilities. Visionaries seeking to establish new communities where they could escape the influences of society at large have turned to Florida to construct their utopias from the vast plantations of British philanthropists and entrepreneurs in the eighteenth century to the more exotic Koreshan Unity and its theory that humans live in the center of a Hollow Earth. Some came to the Sunshine State seeking religious freedom, such as the settlers in Moses Levy s Jewish colony, while others settled in Florida to establish alternative lifestyles, like the spiritualists of Cassadaga. Still others created their communities to practice new agricultural techniques or political philosophies. Historians Joe Knetsch and Nick Wynne examine a number of these distinctive utopian communities and how they have contributed to Florida s unique social fabric."

Robert Morris Warren was a first-generation Jewish American from Detroit. A member of a prominent Detroit-Flint manufacturing family, he chose to become a lawyer. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1940, worked for the Office of Price Administration, but left his position to enlist in the United States Army in 1943 as a private. He was eventually assigned to the 143rd Infantry Regiment, a unit of the 36th Infantry Division, and participated in several campaigns in Italy, France, and southern Germany. In command of a mortar squad, Warren was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation's second highest award for bravery. During his time in service, he exchanged multiple letters with Herman and Celia Chapin, friends from Central High School in Detroit. Those letters are the focus of this book. Discharged in late 1945, he resumed the practice of law in Detroit. He died on December 30, 1978.

COMMENTS FROM PRE-PUBLICATION REVIEWERS Finished it a few days ago. I really liked it. It has a good ending, it surprised me. I was reading it on my phone, so I was not paying attention to where I was in the whole book. I was expecting more things to happen. I was thinking this could happen or that could. But I did like the ending. Overall, I will buy it and read it again. 5 out of 5! -Robert Eppig All in all, a fun and easy read. The characters come to life and the plot flows nicely, with some unexpected twists and turns. Can't speak to theological faux pas, being the heathen that I am. -Ed Green

The final episodes in the life of Coot Harrell, raconteur and social sage of Metterville, Georgia. Coot and his loyal band of misfits cause, solve, and interfere in all the major problems in Metterville--from marriages and deaths to crimes and punishments. Coot is involved in everything! Humor is the name of the game in "Coot Redux."

What if an Oscar winning movie star is stopped for speeding in a small Georgia town and is arrested for a twenty-five year old murder in the same town? What if the merchants in that town seize his arrest as an opportunity to get tourists to come to the town and spend money to revive the town's economy? What if a single female attorney agrees to represent the movie star and falls in love with him? What if the movie star admits enigmatically, "I killed him, but I didn't murder him!" What if? Welcome to Flighty Jo Jones: A Love Story

DAHLONEGA GOLDMillions of dollars in hidden gold; a newly discovered treasure map sent to Confederate Secretary of War John C. Breckinridge in 1865; a neo-Nazi with ambitions to rule North Georgia; a Special Forces Sergeant Major with a heavy moral burden; a psychopathic former special ops soldier; and a small group of retirees%u2014all mixed together in this exciting new novel by Nick Wynne. "This is the type of novel that grabs you on day one and never lets go. Scenes are so vivid you are part of the action and not just reading about it. If you want to spend some time away from TV, this novel is it. A fascinating read."-Patrick D. SmithA Land Remembered

Early reviews from average readers! I am laughing my way all the way through this foolishness! It''s a lot of fun to read this! Wow! What a great surprise ending. Took my breath--didn''t see it coming! Good book! -Peggy Marion Ryals English teacher, Myrtle Beach How true to life this is! This could have come from our morning coffee shop get togethers! I don''t know Coot Harrell personally, but I know several guys just like him! The "boys" came from my home town, I think, and they are still there! What a great way to spend several hours. -Alan Hendry Caf