Albert C. Dawson

Ryley (eBook, ePUB)

And Other Stories of Adventure

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Produktbeschreibung

RYLEY

and

OTHER STORIES OF ADVENTURE

THE STORIES

The dominant focus in these stories, as in the first collection entitled LIFE AT STAKE, continues to be the human will to struggle and survive. Such struggle in moments of crisis not only defines and shapes who the person is, but reveals how he or she developed as a person, and who they will be in the future, pending their survival.

Each story portrays at least one aspect of the courage required to confront and, hopefully, to conquer imminent danger. Some win, some lose. That is the normal human equation, but it is of utmost interest to us as readers to observe how that person coped, each of us hoping that we might discover within ourselves traits of the protagonists character that would allow us to act heroically if found in similar circumstances.

The exploration and settling of the western frontier and the inspiring and inflammatory events of the Civil War provide the setting for each grouping of adventures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781449059545
• Artikelnr.: 52483072

Autorenporträt

Al Dawson was raised on a small farm in the Northern Neck of Virginia, a peninsular surrounded not only by water but by history that encompasses the birth of this great nation, including the exciting figures of the Powhatan tribe and nation, Pocahontas, Captain John Smith, George Washington, Robert E. Lee, and so many others. Bullet holes in the walls of the local church, fired by Union soldiers, inspired his imagination as a youth, as did the exploits of distant relatives who fought in the War Between the States.

After a wonderful, even inspiring, education in the small local high school, Al attended the University of Richmond where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Spanish with Phi Beta Kappa honors, then continued his studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he received his Ph.D. He returned to his alma mater, the University of Richmond, to teach there for 34 years and with his wife to raise their two children, Eric and Sheila, both of whom continue to follow their parents professions as teachers and exponents of Spanish language and culture. After retirement, he and his wife Laila moved to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado where his long ingrained love for the rich history of western frontier life, mining and ghost towns, cowboys and Indians (native Americans to us now) came to the fore. The beauty, mystery, and lore of the mountains, deserts, and plains captivate him and his imagination, encouraging him to render in word something of the magic of not only where he lives but the marvelous resiliency of human nature itself.