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Monthly Archives: September 2020

24 Sep 2020

“So Many Lives, So Few Pages: Deciding what to include and what to leave out when telling a life story”

by Andrew Speno | posted in: Professional Development | 0

Video Conferencing Presentation on my process writing “The Many Lives of Eddie Rickenbacker.Thursday, October 8, 7:00-7:45 pmZoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/85376796720  Passcode: MLER451

24 Sep 2020

Of Biography and Heroes

by Andrew Speno | posted in: WWII: Pacific Theater | 0

I wrote a tenth grade English research paper on Douglas MacArthur. For whatever reason–most likely the limitations of my sources (source!) or the limitations of my reading of same–I focused primarily on his actions in Korea. I remember writing about … Continued

Bataan, Corregidor, Korean War, MacArthur, Pacific War, Philippines, Romulo, Truman, WWII
7 Sep 2020

Torpedoed

by Andrew Speno | posted in: Good Reads: Nonfiction, WWII | 0

The full title of Deborah Heiligman’s latest work of narrative nonfiction–Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of the “Children’s Ship”–has all the elements to attract readers. It promises adventure, a survival story, in a World War … Continued

Deborah Heiligman, life raft, submarines, torpedoes, WWII

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