I finally did it..."Finding a Fallen Hero&quo |
Author: Bob Korkuc (---.hsd1.nh.comcast.net)
Date: 06-05-08 22:06
Back in May of 2001, I sought help from this forum on how best to locate an agent so that I could get a non-fiction book published.
See that post: http://www.writers.net/forum/read/6/957/957Vf
Well I never did find an agent but did find a publisher. My book "Finding a Fallen Hero: The Death of a Ball Turret Gunner" was published by the University of Oklahoma Press in March of 2008.
Nationally known PBS Documentary Filmmaker of "The War", Ken Burns, called my book "a riveting story."
Regards,
Bob
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Re: I finally did it..."Finding a Fallen Hero |
Author: jayce (---.mob.bellsouth.net)
Date: 06-05-08 23:23
Good on you, Bob. The story of researching this--and bringing it to publication--must be as meaningful to you as the story of your uncle's heroism itself.
I applaud your devotion to the memory of your forebears, just as I know I will enjoy reading your account of it.
Thanks
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Re: I finally did it..."Finding a Fallen Hero |
Author: Bob Korkuc (---.hsd1.nh.comcast.net)
Date: 06-05-08 23:46
Jayce,
Just tonight I was moved by a review posted on Amazon.com by a reviewer:
You might read the last chapter of Bob Korkuc's book, Finding a Fallen Hero, and think 'but how does he know? What gives him the right?' The right, that is, to re-create the last day and last minutes of the crew of his uncle's B-17 Flying Fortress, as it goes down in flames over Germany in 1944. But aside from his disclaimer, that this is his own "dramatic portrayal," he has done the work and he has earned the right. Years of exhaustive research, correspondence with surviving crewmembers and their relatives, government records studied, and personal interviews, have brought him as close as anyone could be to the last moments of that plane and that bomber crew. He has taken all the research, all the facts, and masterfully tempered them with poetry . . . his take-off point is a poem written after the war by one of the surviving crew members who was haunted by the deaths of his crewmates. But Korkuc generates his own poetry in his re-creation of the last day. He does it with such sensitivity, such a light touch in the chaos of the plane's final minutes, that if I were a family member of one who died, I believe my overwhelming reaction would be "thank you. . . . thank you for that gift." The research detailed in the twelve chapters that precede that last poetic chapter must have been daunting to do . . . and can sometimes be daunting to read. But Korkuc ties it all together in such a moving way that you can't help but feel the poignancy of those lost lives, and the relevancy to what's happening in the world today.
That review made my day!
Regards,
Bob
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Re: I finally did it..."Finding a Fallen Hero |
Author: A.L. Sirois (155.91.28.---)
Date: 06-06-08 08:47
And the lesson is, believe in yourself and keep trying. Congrats, Bob!
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Re: I finally did it..."Finding a Fallen Hero |
Author: jayce (---.mob.bellsouth.net)
Date: 06-06-08 13:20
Bob--
WW II History magazine has an excellent book review section; yours would be an ideal candidate.
FWIW.
(I ordered your book last night. I'm looking forward to the read.)
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Re: I finally did it..."Finding a Fallen Hero |
Author: Heba Jahama (---.10.116.190.tedata.net)
Date: 06-07-08 02:34
Congratulations Bob ^.^
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Re: I finally did it..."Finding a Fallen Hero |
Author: Cathy C (---.direcpc.com)
Date: 06-07-08 15:30
Congrats! I'm a big fan of University Presses, just for this reason. May it continue to sell just as well, or BETTER! :)
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