Bøker av Donald Stratton

At 8:06 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Donald Stratton was consumed by an inferno. A million pounds of explosives had detonated beneath his battle station aboard the USS Arizona, barely fifteen minutes into Japan's surprise attack on American forces at Pearl Harbor. Near death and burned across two thirds of his body, Stratton, a nineteen-year-old Nebraskan who had been steeled by the Great Depression and Dust Bowl, summoned the will to haul himself hand over hand across a thin line tethered to a neighboring vessel. Forty-five feet below, the harbor's flaming, oil-slick water boiled with enemy bullets; all around him the world tore itself apart. In this extraordinary, never-before-told eyewitness account of the Pearl Harbor attack?the first memoir ever published by a survivor of the USS Arizona?ninety-four-year-old veteran Donald Stratton finally shares his unforgettable personal tale of bravery and survival on December 7, 1941, his harrowing recovery, and his inspiring determination to return to the fight. All the Gallant Men is a book for the ages, one of the most remarkable?and remarkably inspiring?memoirs of any kind to appear this year.

Mark Cutter is now an orphan. Someday, he wants to become a cop like his father. When he finds that a drug dealing murderer works right next door, Mark and his friends set out to catch the bad guys. But it won't be easy. A nutty aunt and rude cousins hinder them. But raw courage can't be stopped. In this exciting story, Mark Cutter will discover the courage he's had all along while facing dangers at every turn.