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Press Release: Embrace the Humor of Mid-Life Revealed in White Chair Day

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How to Embrace the Humor of Mid-Life Revealed in White Chair Day, New Release from First Steps Publishing

Joni Jesme’s debut book uncovers the humor behind growing older and the need to embrace the journey into mid-life and beyond with a smile. Stemming from a green trash can lid verbally mistaken as a white chair, Jesme turned that White Chair Day incident into a compilation of 40 fully-illustrated true stories revealing the humorous side of life. [Read more…] about Press Release: Embrace the Humor of Mid-Life Revealed in White Chair Day

PRESS RELEASE: NAM, The Story of a Generation (Vietnam) by Mel Smith

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| PRESS RELEASE | Nam the novel, Story of the Vietnam Generation

NOVELIST MEL SMITH GIVES READERS A “FULL DOSE” OF THE VIETNAM WAR EXPERIENCE IN NAM, THE Story of a Generation

GLENEDEN BEACH, Ore., Aug 9, 2017 — At one point in Mel Smith’s novel Nam, The Story of a Generation, Vietnam War veterans Joe and Cam ponder the perceptions of their service. “The World War II generation,” Joe says, “never appreciated what we did in Nam…. We didn’t fight hard enough. We didn’t support the government of the people…didn’t know the meaning of sacrifice…like they did in doubya, doubya two.” So unfair. [Read more…] about PRESS RELEASE: NAM, The Story of a Generation (Vietnam) by Mel Smith

PRESS RELEASE: Dearest Minnie, A Sailor’s Story

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Collectible Postcards Sail Around the World Aboard Teddy Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet ~ New Historical Narrative by Leslie Compton

TALENT, OREGON (PRWEB) JULY 31, 2017

Leslie Compton’s newly released book, “Dearest Minnie, a Sailor’s Story,” is a wonderfully accurate portrayal of Teddy Roosevelt’s 43,000-mile, 14-month good will tour seldom told in depth in history books. Extrapolated from and including over 200 actual (collectible) postcards sent home to “Dearest Minnie,” this book is an engaging narrative as seen through the eyes of an enlisted sailor aboard the USS Virginia.

12 December 1907. One hundred ten years ago, Teddy Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet sailed into the history books. Comprised of sixteen battleships and manned by 14,000 sailors and marines under the command of Rear Admiral Robley “Fighting Bob” Evans, the American fleet set out from Hampton Roads, Virginia on 12 December 1907, to visit 20 ports on six continents before returning to Hampton Roads, Virginia on 22 February 1909.

“Dearest Minnie, a Sailor’s Story” is an engaging written and pictorial narrative about the battleships, the political climate, the animals aboard ship, the various cultures, the entertainment, the unexpected mishaps as well as the budding romance between a Virginia sailor and his “Dearest Minnie.” The full-color collectible postcard images follow the fleet as it sails to each port. Included in the book is a detailed description of each card and photo.

Considered as one of the greatest peacetime achievements in US Navy history, Dearest Minnie, a sailor’s story offers something for everyone: postcard collectors, history enthusiasts, and romantics. You only need a love for history and a desire to learn something new.

About the Author:

Retired professional musician, music teacher, elementary teacher and childbirth educator and has taught several courses on memoir writing. While researching the Great White Fleet, Compton wrote an article for the Post Card Collector. She is an instructor for a six-week course through OLLI about the Great White Fleet. Compton is currently working on her fourth book, living in Talent, Oregon.

LeslieCompton.com |    Facebook: @leslie.momyer

For further information, interviews, media kit or proofs please contact:

Suzanne Parrott at First Steps Publishing
541-961-7641 or contact(at)firststepspublishing(dot)com
Book sale date: August 1, 2017