Author: Joey FogartyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781631320842
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
To Ride a Grey Ghost
Author: Joey FogartyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781631320842
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
To Ride a Grey Ghost
Author: Joet FogartyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781631320866
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
This sea story isn't another high-stakes thriller, the likes of which flood the magazine aisle at the local supermarket. It is instead, that side of the fleet seen only by the men who man the grey ghosts of the US Navy--the story of the long, hot, sometimes dangerous, and always critical watches in a ship's engine room; the hole snipes, in particular, and the lifer corps in general, regardless of their rating. This is a story of that lifer corps that makes the navy work and about the culture that it breeds and the rare breed that rules that culture. Not all career navy men resemble some of the characters in this story, but there is not one fleet sailor, career or not, that does not remember one. This story is for them.
The Grey Ghost
Author: Carolyn HendersonPublisher: J. A. Allen, Limited
ISBN: 9780851315607
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
The Grey Ghost Book
Author: Jessie Adelaide MiddletonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ghosts
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The Grey Ghost
Author: Colleen AffeldPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595128610
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
It’s 1959. Nine year old Cally and brother, Bud befriend a colored man, Isaac Washington, caretaker of a rundown cemetary, and boathouse along the St. John’s River in Florida; an unusual friendship, given it’s during a time of segregation. Through cirmcumstances beginning Halloween, Cally and Bud are swept into a frightening world, of deadly, dark secrets, hidden in the seemingly peaceful pine forests and groves surrounding the river; secrets of hatred, disguised inside “The River Hunt Club” that meets in a ramshackle hotel thought to be haunted. Cally and Bud, with their two sisters and friends, Larry and Gloria, aren’t sure who to trust or where to turn. Kate asks, “If there’s going to be trouble, don’t you think we should tell the police? “Tell them what?” Bud answers, “Tell them that a bunch of kids were watching a Klan meeting and we think they’re going to do something, but we don’t know what, or to who, or where. We don’t know anything. Besides, who do we tell; that Billy Bob cop that threatened Isaac?” The kids take matters into their own hands and the reader embarks on a suspenseful and action packed ride with these unforgettable young heroes.
Grey Ghosts
Author: Deborah ChallinorPublisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 0730443310
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
'We were known to the enemy as "grey ghosts". We could be here, and we could be there.' - 'Sniper' "We were known to the enemy as 'grey ghosts'. We could be here, and we could be there . . . " the Grey Ghosts were New Zealand's Vietnam veterans. their powerful story includes chilling accounts of death, injuries and emotional breakdown, along with the intense comradeship of soldiering, and a pervasive sense of humour that is uniquely our own. Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah Challinor interviewed 50 men who served in Vietnam, who speak out about 'fragging' (killing superior officers), the New Zealand Government's role in Agent Orange and chemical exposure, and their hostile reception when they returned. the result is compelling, reliving the Vietnam experience in vivid detail. First published in 1998, this updated edition includes new material on the subsequent handling of veterans' claims, and the reconciliation parade on Queen's Birthday weekend in 2008, when the men were finally welcomed home.
Gray Ghost
Author: James RamagePublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813129451
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Confederate John Singleton Mosby forged his reputation on the most exhilarating of military activities: the overnight raid. Mosby possessed a genius for guerrilla and psychological warfare, taking control of the dark to make himself the "Gray Ghost" of Union nightmares. Gray Ghost, the first full biography of Confederate raider John Mosby, reveals new information on every aspect of Mosby’s life, providing the first analysis of his impact on the Civil War from the Union viewpoint.
Gray Ghosts of the Confederacy
Author: Richard S. BrownleePublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807111628
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Gray Ghosts of the Confederacy is a history of the Confederate guerrillas who—under the ruthless command of such men as William C. Quantrill and “Bloody Bill” Anderson—plunged Missouri into a bloody, vicious conflict of an intensity unequaled in any other theater of the Civil War. Among their numbers were Frank and Jesse James and Cole and James Younger, who would later become infamous by extending the tactics they had learned during the war into civilian life.
Grey Ghost
Author: Valda TrevlynGrey Ghost
Author: Dr. Bill GreyPublisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1457560917
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Grey Ghost is the story of a professional soldier’s struggle for survival and freedom during the cataclysm of war in the World War II European Theater of Operations between mid-1943 and mid-1945, as well as his continued exposure to combat in the Korean Conflict. This story carries the reader through the beginnings of war for America and onto the frontlines of aerial combat in a B-17 Flying Fortress with Sergeant Frank Grey and his crew. It delivers the reader into the hands of the enemy—Nazi Germany—and onto the long, painful journey of captivity of prisoners of war. For Sergeant Grey, the path from captivity to freedom would take numerous unpredictable twists over a period of almost two years, eventually leading him into Yugoslavia to fight with guerilla units under the leadership of General Draja Mihailovich, and finally to freedom in late May of 1945. The details of Sergeant Grey’s escape and recapture, beatings by the Gestapo, and solitary confinement— save one episode of brilliant thinking, comradery, and courage by a small group of POWs who hid Sergeant Grey within the wires of Stalag 17B for four months— have never been fully disclosed to the American public. Sergeant Grey was initially hidden in an escape tunnel while Gestapo, SS troops, and attack dogs searched for him. He became known as the Grey Ghost by the Germans. Coauthor Ned Handy chronicled this event brilliantly within the story of his own POW experience, a book titled The Flame Keepers (2004). That episode reveals the tremendous depth and significance of the human condition, conveying the face of war, during both wartime events and the aftermath as experienced by combat veterans reclaiming their personal lives. The experience of war did not end for Frank Grey on the European continent. Within a few years of the end of World War II, having continued his commitment to the service of his country, he entered into yet another perilous fight: the Korean Conflict. He flew fifty-seven missions over North Korea as a B-29 tailgunner—a commitment that was filled with constant risk and uncertainty. This true story has a deep, significant message for all readers— but especially for American veterans and their families. The strong messages of commitment, courage, and sacrifice can be reflected upon, considering the increased uncertainties of international events on our horizon.