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Title: These Mountains Are My Home
Author : Charles B. Shanks, Jr.
Release Date : January 20, 2015
Genre: Fiction & Literature,Books,
Pages : * pages
Size : 1953 KB

Description

Zack demonstrated a keen curiosity for mechanics and machinery at an early age. He developed a desire for an education which would lead to a career utilizing his mechanical skills. He was determined to achieve that education by whatever means available to him. Along comes the effectiveness of the Depression coupled with gathering European war clouds his road to education had to take a detour and faced untold delays. Would he ever earn his coveted degree?

Author Bio

Charles served in the United States Air Force and Naval Communications where he developed a love of freedom and country, which continues today. He is a graduate of Cleveland Institute with an AEE degree and East Tennessee State University with a BSN in Health Sciences. He worked for 30+ years in local emergency medical services. After retirement, he developed an increased interest in writing.

Growing up under the culture and influence of the strong-willed people living in the mountains of East Tennessee has been paramount in his current appreciation for family values and deep sense of patriotism.

He is also the author of THE LIGHT, a book of life relationships and values of a young man coming of age near the end of the Civil War. He is also the author of UNSEEN HANDS, the story of his maternal grandfather and his struggles during the reconstruction era.

Charles is currently active in many civic and volunteer agencies in the local area. He is an active member of the Gideons International. He is also a lifelong woodworking enthusiast.