The Fighting Doc

The Fighting Doc

Author: John Alan Coey

Publisher: Helion

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781910294963

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It is Saturday afternoon, 19 July 1975, next to a dry riverbed in Rhodesia's northeastern operational area, in a war against communist-backed guerrillas. A Rhodesian combat medic receives an order to descend into the riverbed to attend to two critically wounded troopers, their figures seemingly lifeless on the sand. The whereabouts of the insurgents is not known. As the medic, displaying a red cross, moves in, shots ring out and he sustains a fatal head wound. That medic is 24-year-old American John Alan Coey. Driven by his Christian faith and an ardent belief in the threat of global communist hegemony, Coey had come to Rhodesia to fulfill an overriding passion to help the beleaguered southern African country in its fight against what he perceived to be a communist bid to secure the subcontinent. John was a very complex individual who, right until his death, was in a permanent state of internal conflict as to his mission in life: he wishes he had a wife; he tells young American girls that they must produce strong sons who will fight the good fight; he is disillusioned by his failures; he admits he is a weak leader, virtually offering an apology for his own shortcomings; he vacillates endlessly; he admits to being unable to identify the path he needs to take to achieve his mission. But, finally, as a combat medic-a pioneer in this concept-he finds his much sought-after destiny.


The Fighting Frenchman

The Fighting Frenchman

Author: Paul Levy

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published: 2016-06-01

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 1452950520

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Scott LeDoux’s face read like a roadmap of boxing’s last golden era—eye thumbed by Larry Holmes, brow gashed by Mike Tyson, ears stung by none other than Muhammad Ali. “George Foreman hit me so hard,” LeDoux said, “my ancestors in France felt it.” The only man to step into the ring with eleven heavyweight champions, LeDoux also fought through two of boxing’s greatest scandals, recurring illness, and childhood trauma that haunted him for decades. This is his story, the life and times of a Minnesota Rocky making the most of the hard knocks that bruise the American Dream, told in full for the first time by award-winning journalist Paul Levy. He was never a world champion, but Scott LeDoux was always the people’s champ. Doing his best to turn a small-town miner’s son into boxing’s next great white hope, Don King said of Scott LeDoux: “He eats rusty nails for breakfast, punches holes in concrete with either hand, bobs and weaves like a giant Rocky Marciano.” He was a big, good-natured kid, with a ready wit and the will to take all comers along on a ride he himself found hard to believe. From the mining community of Crosby, Minnesota, to the dingy, mildew-scented dressing rooms in minor-league towns like Sioux Falls and Billings, to the stage of Madison Square Garden, Levy gives us a real sense of what it was like to spar with fighters such as Tyson and Ali. The buried secrets of childhood abuse and the harrowing sadness of death and disease in his family make LeDoux’s triumphs and defeats all the more poignant and, in Levy’s irresistible narrative, unforgettable.


Fighting for Air-the Unknown Adventures of Young Doc Holliday

Fighting for Air-the Unknown Adventures of Young Doc Holliday

Author: Jack Kincade

Publisher: KINCADE PUBLISHING- Jack Kincade

Published: 2008-07-03

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 1438214464

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This is how the boy became the man and this is how that young man became the Legend. And some say it all happened just like this!Written in the rich epic vein of 'Lonesome Dove', 'Tombstone' and 'Wyatt Earp', this vast new American Western novel seems hand-forged right out of the glowing gun metal and billowing blue gun smoke of close quarters combat. Finally these unwritten chapters of one of the Wild West's greatest real life heroes flash dangerously to life across the open pages of 'Fighting for Air - the Unknown Adventures of Young Doc Holliday' by Jack Kincade, as if illuminated by gunfire.It's a huge, stirring American fable filled with young love and unexpected loss; perfect friendship and unquestionable honor, all set amid the swirling gun smoke of his heroic and blood stained youth.


Doc

Doc

Author: Susan Kammeraad-Campbell

Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781416602286

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This riveting account of Dennis Littky and how his ideas turned around a troubled rural high school---the first school named to the acclaimed Coalition of Essential Schools---gives you a behind-the scenes perspective on how principal leadership can accomplish positive change. Read how Littky's philosophy of personalized learning---one student at a time---quickly achieved dramatic improvements, including a decrease in dropout rates from 20% to 1.5% and record numbers of college-bound graduates. And learn how school improvement ideas that now seem commonplace today---such as high expectations, individualized curriculum, positive learning communities, and a focus on student competencies---had to be carefully nurtured among students, established through collaborative teamwork, and fought for in the community.


The Rebellion Record

The Rebellion Record

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1863

Total Pages: 840

ISBN-13:

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Vols. 1-8 each in three divisions, separately paged: I. Diary of events; II. Documents and narratives; III. Poetry, rumors and incidents. Vol. 9 in two divisions, omitting "Diary of events"; v. 10-11 and supplement. "Documents" only.


The Silence of War

The Silence of War

Author: Terry McGowan

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1101988185

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Terry McGowan was a beat cop, a Marine captain, and an FBI Special Agent before retiring at age fifty. But after September 11th, 2001, McGowan was in Iraq, serving as a member of a team of high-ranking retired and active duty military working for the highest level of Marine military intelligence. McGowan's success in Iraq led to a position as a Law Enforcement Professional with the Marines in Afghanistan. There he found himself the oldest member of a platoon on the front line; a platoon that was understrength and under fire. While an eighteen-year-old Marine can't look at a crowd of Afghans and pick out the guilty party, McGowan's years of experience in law enforcement had developedhis eye for the "felony look." His training as a Marine Officer, combined with his experience as an FBI Agent, made McGowan an asset as he struggled to keep up with young Marines while they humped over the mountains. Here, he recounts the many trials of his life of service, providing an intimate glimpse into the horrible realities of modern military conflict. --


Love is Not Enough

Love is Not Enough

Author: Iva McGuire

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2009-05

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1438975481

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This book is mostly about two sisters who could get along with every other always trying to compete with each other. The oldest sister was named Rite and is married to a doctor they have one son two and ½ years old. The oldest brother name is Danny he is married also and has one son that is four years old. Then comes Ray, LuAnn, Betsy and Betty's the baby .Luann went with Al all through high school then she decide to join the army. Trying to make Al jealous of her but, Al just set back and let her go. A month after she was gone Al started to come around and asked Betsy to go out with him. Betsy said yes but, she didn't know she was going to fall in love with him but she did. Al is a very handsome man Al dated Betsy about three mouth then he asked her to marry him. Everything was going all right until LuAnn came back to town that's when all hail broke loose. Thing started to happen all around but, by then Al was already in love with her sister Betsy, but LuAnn wasn't going to give up that easily on Al. He was her first love and that made him very special. She tried everything to get Al back nothing seemed to work. She really got upset when Betsy came up pregnant. She even went to his best friend and told him that she was going to try and kill Betsy's and Al's unborn child. Your just going to have to read the book and find out what is going to happen. Wrote by Ivanell Mcguire