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When an eagle appears it signals a new beginning and provides the stamina and resilience to endure difficulties – it bestows freedom and the courage to look ahead.
Living Springs Publishers has the honor of presenting Stories Through The Ages Baby Boomers Plus 2020, a collection of seventeen outstanding stories by authors who were born in 1964 or earlier. We are incredibly fortunate to have many gifted and talented authors among the winners published in this, the fourth installment of Baby Boomers Plus.
A Wing and A Prayer: Charles Warren has won first prize in the 2020 Baby Boomers Plus contest. He shares a marvelous tale of a young British boy’s experience with American pilots during World War II. The chance interaction between the two has consequences far beyond the end of the war, lasting a lifetime. Well crafted, told without rancor or blame.
Into the Stormtroopers: This is a must-read story about the tumultuous events that abruptly thrust Don Carter into the international spotlight and an adventure of a lifetime. When a long-forgotten college photography assignment is suddenly linked to a presidential assassination attempt, the Secret Service, FBI and US Assistant District Attorney abruptly show up at the author’s door. Don’t miss this gripping, page-turning mystery about events that every baby-boomer will remember. Don won second prize with his story.
A Silent Victory: In Second Century AD Roman Scotland, Corellia, an abused slave girl, is determined to save a young Roman legionary who she finds near death on the battlefield adjacent to her village. She will need all her strength and intelligence to outwit her cruel slave owners and tend secretly to this young man. Patricia Lee wins third place with her suspenseful story that explores how human persistence and endurance are qualities slavery and disgrace cannot extinguish.
Attack of the Communist Hordes: Brad Bennett shares a marvelous true story of events on an airbase as a result of the assassination of President John Kennedy. One of those stories that could be funny if it weren’t so incredibly fouled up. It makes you wonder what the people in charge are thinking. Be sure to read this one.
Your Mother’s Sock: A poignant story of parents in an assisted living facility. That sentence probably conveys emotions enough but Elizabeth Bobst’s well written account of the heartbreak, angst, tension and even humor of the situation must be experienced. Don’t miss reading this marvelous story.
Silent Tears: It was 1966 and America was going through unprecedented changes. A young girl lands a coveted job with a local politician only to discover a horrible secret. She is the only one who knows. What should she do? What would you do? Sandra H. Brooks has crafted a magnificent story that leaves the reader with an uncomfortable guilty conscience as though we are all complicit in the cover-up. This is excellent reading.
Fun, Fun, Fun with Dick and Jane: A playful story about a precocious pair of students and the havoc they wreak on a helpless pre-school teacher trying to impart knowledge using, possibly, an old McGuffey Reader. The repetition of words drives poor Ohmie to distraction and the teacher to the telephone to call Ohmie’s mother to come and get him. An entertaining tale from the pen, pen, pen of Wayne Fowler.
Fins Fatal Flop: Kaye George’s characters are so well crafted you can feel the tension in crisis and share the emotion in tragedy. This story takes place in a strip-tease bar but there is nothing shabby about the people who care for each other and do whatever it takes to protect themselves from the bad guys. Great entertainment, good reading.
Deluxe Accom: Author Jim Gish’s tale of a college party gone terribly wrong rings true for those coming of age in the 60’s and 70’s. What started as a normal get-together for liberated boys and girls, ended in tragedy for everyone involved. This story is hard-hitting, realistic and well written.
A Day with 3D: New Zealand, in 1970, had a very romantic appeal to our young heroine, coveting the opportunity of a job in a far-away land. Leaving the safety of her native Florida with a new teaching degree and a job in the teacher-starved unknown over 8,000 miles away, author Anne Hill has created a compelling adventure that is both poignant and gratifying.
Welcome to Vietnam: Chuck Jackson shares his incredible story of life as a Special Forces member of an Air Force Pararescue Team, Da Nang, 1968. Another of those stories that should never be lost to the caprices of time. These men and women deserve to be remembered for the champions that they were and are.
Thanks Mussolini: Richard Key has shared a memoir of a family trip to Italy in 1996. The story reminds us what travel in a foreign country could be like in the old days, before the internet and cell phones. We follow the author’s family to Bari, the city where his wife was born, and relive the train ride where things go south as the family heads north to Venice.
Ahmed the Tailor: An extremely well-fashioned story of the unlikely relationship of an Iraqi tailor and a young Marine Lieutenant. With enduring patience our hero bridges the gap between two cultures and creates a small victory in a very human, personal way. Excellent writing by author Barbara Mujica.
Breakfast Crisis: A heart-wrenching story of a teenager’s rapidly deteriorating relationship with his father. David Parish’s tale of a father’s betrayal and his son’s attempt to understand and come to grips with the emotional fallout is a must read for everyone who enjoys a well-written account of the anguish of growing up.
The Ping-Pong War: If you doubt that a sports contest in a United Nations International School in New York, doesn’t have far-reaching implications, think again. Eric Rosenbaum shares a fantastic account of negotiating the halls of a school where none of the students speak like you, look like you or come from the same place as you. A spectacular story, well written and timely. Thank you Eric.
Smoke from Indian Fires: David Tarpenning has gifted us a marvelous story about idyllic life on the farm when the only hint of war was in far off lands, overseas; no threat to us. Life wasn’t always easy, but one could live it as seen fit. Then December 7, 1941 that life ended forever. This is a well-crafted story that should be read in every classroom in America.
The Illustrated Man: Appearances aren’t always what they seem to be. This story takes place on an airplane but could happen anywhere. A situation seen as a dire threat to our very existence turns out to be something entirely different. Jim Tritten’s tale of one such threat misinterpretation makes for excellent reading.
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