Alden Smith Bradstock III
Autor de His Destiny: An American Flier
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Alden Smith Bradstock, III
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1955-03-23
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Severna Park, Maryland, USA
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Germany - Educación
- United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, USA (BS)
Unversity of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina (ME) - Ocupaciones
- U.S. Army officer
professional engineer
business owner
Author/writer - Biografía breve
- Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Bradstock graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He served in the U.S. Army as a Field Artillery officer with the 82nd Airborne Division and commanded soldiers in Germany during the Cold War. He was awarded the Master Parachutist Badge, U.S. Army Ranger Tab, Meritorious Service Medal, and Honor Cross of the German military. He returned to Baltimore to form a successful business, write creative historical non-fiction, and enjoy the pleasures of the Chesapeake Bay with his wife, Samia and their two sons.
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Miembros
- 2
- Popularidad
- #2,183,609
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 1
His Destiny is the story of an American flier during WWI who is flying and fighting the Germans under the French Flag. The story centers around Jimmy Smitts, a young Wisconsin who also is an extremely adept airman.
As a character I thought Jimmy was well thought out. He was cocky, confident in his abilities and but what took him out of a one dimensional character was his overall human outlook on war. It pained him; particularly the brutality and inhumanity of trench warfare.
Flying was still in its' infancy during WWI and aerial combat even more so. Smith Bradstock provides the reader with clear, precise details to describe aerial combat. It's rather difficult to envision these fighting machines after having grown up with Jets. Their courage, grace and abilities are succinctly conveyed.
Other characters surround Jimmy in major and minor roles. The trench warfare stories with Sargent Witherspoon are also examples of the author's expertise with prose, bringing the reader to the trenches with his use of descriptive language.
Rounding out Jimmy's life were his love interest. Honestly these portions were just fillers to me and were totally unsatisfying. I did not sense Jimmy needed a 'love' in his life as his love was flying. The story of Eugene Stevenson also seemed a bit forced although it does pave the way for Jimmy's final meet with 'his destiny'.… (más)