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Vietnam Combat Hero Brings War to Life
A lifetime of service as an Air Force officer and teacher gave Kenneth L. Weber plenty of material for his first novel.
The author, a Louisville native who now lives in Borden, Ind., will discuss his life, his writing process and his novel, “What the Captain Really Means,” during an appearance at the store on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m.
The debut novel gathers an eclectic cast of characters to tell a story of devotion and duty played out during the peak year of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Weber’s experience as a teacher of writing comes through in this fast-paced, yet contemplative period fiction that is as topical today as it would have been in the late 60s.
Weber, a graduate of the University of Louisville and a former professor at IUS in New Albany, chose the Air Force for a career and became a professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy. But an inner call to duty motivated him to volunteer for combat service in Vietnam at the height of the war.
The military aviator distinguished himself there, earning a chest full of decorations, including the Distinguished Flying Cross during 185 combat sorties in AC-47 gunships. The bulk of his 28-year military career found him at the controls of a jet bomber of the Strategic Air Command, one of America’s triad of Cold War strategic defense components.
We take special pride in our author appearances. Weber’s appearance coincides with the store’s regular “Dessert Night” and if you want to reserve a copy of “What the Captain Really Means,” or just reserve one of our sinful Puff chairs for the event, drop us a line at ops@destinationsbooksellers.com or call 944 5116.
The author will autograph copies of his book after the presentation.
We'd really like to get a large turnout for this author appearance and the Saturday event with Laura Young, who will present a seminar on "How to Get Your Book in Print" starting at 11 a.m. A good turnout creates a buzz within the publishing community and will enable us to bring even more authors into New Albany.
If you consider yourself a friend of the store, try to put us on your Tuesday night and Saturday mid-day schedules. This will make a big statement to the wider world that Southeast Indiana is not a backwater that can be ignored when publishers plan their author tours. We're maneuvering to bring Tim Dorsey and other top-flight authors here in the coming months, and your response to these, our second and third author appearances, will go a long way toward persuading them to select Destinations Booksellers for inclusion on the tours.
A lifetime of service as an Air Force officer and teacher gave Kenneth L. Weber plenty of material for his first novel.
The author, a Louisville native who now lives in Borden, Ind., will discuss his life, his writing process and his novel, “What the Captain Really Means,” during an appearance at the store on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m.
The debut novel gathers an eclectic cast of characters to tell a story of devotion and duty played out during the peak year of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Weber’s experience as a teacher of writing comes through in this fast-paced, yet contemplative period fiction that is as topical today as it would have been in the late 60s.
Weber, a graduate of the University of Louisville and a former professor at IUS in New Albany, chose the Air Force for a career and became a professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy. But an inner call to duty motivated him to volunteer for combat service in Vietnam at the height of the war.
The military aviator distinguished himself there, earning a chest full of decorations, including the Distinguished Flying Cross during 185 combat sorties in AC-47 gunships. The bulk of his 28-year military career found him at the controls of a jet bomber of the Strategic Air Command, one of America’s triad of Cold War strategic defense components.
We take special pride in our author appearances. Weber’s appearance coincides with the store’s regular “Dessert Night” and if you want to reserve a copy of “What the Captain Really Means,” or just reserve one of our sinful Puff chairs for the event, drop us a line at ops@destinationsbooksellers.com or call 944 5116.
The author will autograph copies of his book after the presentation.
We'd really like to get a large turnout for this author appearance and the Saturday event with Laura Young, who will present a seminar on "How to Get Your Book in Print" starting at 11 a.m. A good turnout creates a buzz within the publishing community and will enable us to bring even more authors into New Albany.
If you consider yourself a friend of the store, try to put us on your Tuesday night and Saturday mid-day schedules. This will make a big statement to the wider world that Southeast Indiana is not a backwater that can be ignored when publishers plan their author tours. We're maneuvering to bring Tim Dorsey and other top-flight authors here in the coming months, and your response to these, our second and third author appearances, will go a long way toward persuading them to select Destinations Booksellers for inclusion on the tours.
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