Unlike most histories of the National Guard, Jerry Cooper's Citizens as Soldiers: A History of the North Dakota National Guard examines the Guard not merely in its wartime context or in terms of military actions in which it has engaged but also as an integral element in the growth and development of community in the American West. From the Guard's early incarnations as social clubs or lodges, where members dressed in uniform, paraded, and held dances, through its gritty service in the Philippines and beyond, Cooper shows how membership in the Guard and later in the Air National Guard helped...

This is the story of how Walter rode his bicycle from Paris, France, to Istanbul, Turkey. Travelling over 4000 kilometres over 72 days was especially challenging because Walter has Cystic Fibrosis. This book is dedicated to the families of kids with Cystic Fibrosis. Part of all profits will go to CF causes.

When ancient Chinese art work disappears in Chicago, Flint Rock gets a call from a University of Chicago professor for help. Flint joins forces with Isabella Norton to track down the paintings and find the killer of a cultural anthropologist who owned them. The hunt takes them to Paris and to Uruguay. Along the way, they encounter an underworld Chinese triad known as 14K. There is also a Mexican drug kingpin who takes on the Chinese mafia. Flint chases a motorcycle thief around Montevideo. After a gun battle in South America, a surprise ending gives the story unexpected resolution.

Flint Rock is retired after thirty years as a professional pilot. He lives alone in San Marcos, Texas. He meets a friend in San Antonio for a drink at the bar of the Menger Hotel next door to the Alamo. Teddy Roosevelt recruited men to follow him up San Juan hill in Cuba at the Menger Bar. Surrounded by Spanish American War photos, in a warm ambience of aged dark wood, Flint's chat with his friend was interrupted when a strikingly attractive woman with long blond hair laid a business looking card on the table in front of him. On it was elegantly printed: "I have heard how good you are, and I...