The first in-depth narration of the greatest golfing victory by American's greatest woman athlete, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, at the United States Open Championship, held July 1-3, 1954 at Salem Country Club in Peabody, Massachusetts. Relive the week that Zaharias, a two-time gold meadlist at the 1932 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, now plagued by a colostomy bag after her extensive 1953 surgery for colon cancer, vowed she would return to championship form in the most important tournament in women's golf, even after being told by her surgeon that she would never play championship-level golf again. Masking concerns about her affliction with a confidence and courage rarely seen on the national golf scene, Zaharias put on one of the finest golf performances in the history of the game, winning by a stunning twelve strokes. It would prove to be her last major championshup success. Death would silence her outgoing personality and still her magnificent golfing talent a mere two years later. But her remarkable persona is brought back to life with this stirring return to that unforgettable week in July, 1954, when Babe would become a "Sensation at Salem."

Sensation at Salem: The Legendary Babe Zaharias's Historic 1954 U.S. Open Victory

Gary Larrabee

Sports & Outdoors

Cricket Press

A Certain Brotherhood For as long as Mitch McCall could remember, he had wanted to follow in his father's footsteps as an Air Force pilot. In pilot training, Mitch nearly crashes a supersonic T-38. He walks away from the incident but can't shake off the resulting phobia about landings. The Vietnam War escalates, and Mitch volunteers for combat as a forward air controller. FACs fly single-engine Cessnas over enemy territory and look for targets for armed fighter aircraft. Mitch accepts the new dangers in a make-or-break attempt to beat his fears. In Thailand, he is teamed with Captain James D. (J.D.) Dalton. J.D. is a few years older than Mitch--but many years more experienced in almost everything. As a teenager, J.D. had idolized the ill-fated actor, James Dean. Now, almost a decade later, J.D. still lives by some of the actor's philosophies and flies his small Cessna as if this life were just a step toward whatever comes next. In Hanoi, famed North Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap is plotting a bold operation. If successful, his armies will overrun the U.S. Marines at Khe Sanh during the upcoming Tet offensive. His plan depends heavily on battle-hardened veteran Colonel Le Van Do. Le commands Battlefield C, North Vietnam's secret operations in Laos. Battlefield C contains much of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and is patrolled from the air almost every day by Mitch and J.D. In late January 1968, the Communist forces launch a massive offensive during the Tet truce. The fate of thousands of American Marines at Khe Sanh depends on whether Mitch discovers the secret that Colonel Le Van Do has concealed beneath the 200-foot tall trees of the Laotian jungles. **** If someone asks me what it was like to have 'been there--done that,' all I have to do is hand them this book. -- Charles (Chic) Randow, Nail 68 at NKP **** Jimmie H. Butler, Colonel, USAF, Retired, combined combat experience flying Cessnas over the jungles of Southeast Asia with months of research in USAF archives. The result is his third novel, A Certain Brotherhood, an exciting insider's view of the Secret War over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Combat-veteran readers of the two print editions confirm Butler got it right with an authenticity that blends fact and fiction inseparably. More than 20 photographs taken by the author, combat photographers, or photo reconnaissance aircraft are included.

A Certain Brotherhood

Literature & Fiction

Jimmie H. Butler

Genre Fiction

Growing up on a farm in Brockville, Illinois, did not prepare Colleen O’Brien Adler to be the wife of a wealthy entertainment lawyer living in Chicago. It certainly didn’t prepare her to be Dinah Adler’s daughter-in-law. The stay-at-home mother of two has more than she’s ever wanted—a personal stylist, a prestigious country club membership, a multimillion-dollar home—but she finds herself not only struggling with depression and body image but also failing as a parent and fearing for her marriage. Her life is about to change when an invitation to a wellness meeting arrives in her inbox. With some coaxing from personal coach Kory Stone, she commits to a new beginning. But will she be able to overcome the things that are holding her back?

Blooming Into Life

Booker, Kristie

Contemporary

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