- Title : Hopscotch (Otto Penzler Presents)
- Author : Brian Garfield
- Rating : 4.56 (154 Vote)
- Publish : 2016-4-21
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 272 Pages
- Asin : B000BZEPNW
- Language :
No BioNo Bio About the Author No BioNo BioDespite his bitterness at being shelved by the CIA, Miles was still scrupulously Americanso when he found himself tempted by an offer from the Russians, he realized the time had come for him to put up or give up.Miles has been waiting, carefully planning
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About the Author No BioNo BioDespite his bitterness at being shelved by the CIA, Miles was still scrupulously Americanso when he found himself tempted by an offer from the Russians, he realized the time had come for him to put up or give up.Miles has been waiting, carefully planning, for yearsand, finally, he's ready. Now he would either prove to himself that after 25 years of playing the game he was still a winner, or he would meet his death at the hands of younger men.. Since being forced into retirement by the CIA, Miles Kendig had tried everything in an effort to satisfy his hunger for excitement. By threatening to expose the espionage secrets of the major powers, he set himself up as the quarry of an international manhunt. But he could not recreate the ultimate conflict of life or death with no rules, the experience of pitting himself against the enemy with no holds barredCarolin, died from the impact of these deprivations upon their health in the month following Perryville. The battles of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Resaca, Atlanta, Savannah, and Bentonville are also depicted and the narrative concludes with the grand parade in Washington which celebrated the end of the war. Walsh faces daily the sounds and sights and dangers of nearby combat on her way back and forth to work. It reads like a research paper, but then again it pretty much is a research paper in book form, so it should read that way. The Humanities focus is particularly helpful because very often course syllabi posted on line are within a Social Sciences curriculum. This slim volume of old daguerrotypes, tintypes, and photographs of men together provides a touching reminder of a time when males felt no inhibitions about expressing physical affection for one another and having it documented on film. Ask any policeman or detective about even sincere, well-meaning ADULT eyewitnesses giving confusing, conflicting testimony among themselves. Jori. Readers will want to take their time working their
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