Patten's Foundations of Embryology

Science & Math

Carlson, Bruce

Biological Sciences

McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math.

Almost ten years in the writing, "RED BIRD DOWN" is a deeply moving Psychological/Emotional study of a young man's coming of age in Vietnam as an Aero-Scout helicopter pilot. These young pilots took the highest casualities of all the the helicopter pilots in Vietnam. Further, Army Warrant Officer Pilots took the highest casuality rates of all ranks in Vietnam. Yet, to the bitter end, even in LS 719 in support of Vietnames only, they lived by their credo -- "Leave no one behind." 
The "hero" of "Red Bird Down" is typical of so many of these teenages and men in the early twenties. He struggles with the tumult of an unpopular war, his mission, the deaths of friends, and his growing love and respect for the young men with whom he serves. Eventually, he discovers a bond, formed in the fire and cold steel of combat. It ia a bond which cannot be broken. 
This is not simply an action adventure book! The world has enough "Rambo" type works. While Kev, the hero, has plenty of action, adventure and misadventures, the reader will also laugh, cry, and learn to love the kids of Vietnam for who they were and all they accomplished. 
Using incidents from my own time in Vietnam, I have woven them into a Novelized form. Through a running dialogue with a "fictional" home-town minister and a fictional relationship to my own alter-ego, I have looked at many of the political, theological, and emotional issues of Vietnam and the tumult of the late 60's. 
My "hero" is a very human boy/man who occasionally soars to great heights and then quickly balances this soaring with "bone-head" mistakes. Through it all he "grows up," takes responsibility for himself, and learns to deal with life and death well beyond his years. 
For those who want a serious read about the young men of the "Great Helicopter War," this is the book. In 490 pages, the reader will feel the emotional depth of one young man, who was so typical of so many. Be prepared to occasionally put the book down to ponder the depth of these young men and the heights to which they soared. In the end, you will understand their dedication, commitment to each other, and why they said, "Leave no one behind."

Red Bird Down: A Novel About Air Cavalry and Aero-Scouts in Vietnam

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Red Bird Pubns

Everything you think you know about politics is wrong, when viewed with the lens of history. So says podcaster and politics junkie Bruce Carlson. In this book, Carlson takes issue with some very common assertions that don't hold up. Is there really more money in politics now than in the 19th century? Does the President actually create jobs? Did the "Founding Fathers" say any one thing? Was there a magic time when the media was objective? No, Carlson says, to these 'fibs' and more. And he does so while telling intriguing stories that take the reader back through American history. Stories that, listeners of his "My History Can Beat Up Your Politics" Podcast will know, he is particularly able to tell.

The Five Biggest Fibs in American Politics: How Pundits, Experts, Partisans and Others are Getting it Wrong

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Cooking a la nude

Hearts & Tummies Cookbook Co

Ghosts of Des Moines County

Quixote Press]

Ghosts of Scott County Iowa

Contemporary

Quixote Pr Pubns

What are the voices and visions revealed in this book? Are they messages from the past? Are they our friends and neighbors speaking to us in words we do not understand? Does the gong;omg ghost pf Eastern Avenue in Davenport know about the Ghost in Granite of East Moline, or the Milan Handyman? What of Annie Lund of Bellevue? Does she know the phantom crane over in Dallas City, Illinois? Perhaps there is a community of ghosts within our own, yet not of our own. Whether we see them or not, or understand them or even believe in them; there are those among us who each out from time long ago. they are the Amy Winstons, the Abe Belmonts, and the Kitty Wilsons. They all stir old memories, fire our imaginations, and enrich our lives. Deep within the Mississippi and the soil of its shores, are secrets that we will never fully understand. Perhaps we, by writing and by reading this book, can each touch the lives of those who have gone before us. In so doing, perhaps we can better appreciate our heritage.

Ghosts of the Mississippi River: Dubuque to Keokuk

MINOR SCUFFING 7 EDGE WEAR. SPIRAL BINDING AT OUTER EDGE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THERE COULD BE AN OCCASIONAL MARK WITHIN BOOK. NICE COPY!

Mississippi River Cookin' Book

Hearts 'N Tummies Cookbook Company

Ghosts of the Iowa Great Lakes

Iowa's Vanishing Outhouse

History

Americas

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Carlson, Bruce. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Carlson, Bruce