{"product_id":"a-most-remarkable-life-the-collected-works-of-robert-huddleston-volume-1-paperback","title":"A Most Remarkable Life: The Collected Works of Robert Huddleston, Volume 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Huddleston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a collection of stories (some of them true!) from the writings of Robert Huddleston. Themes, both fiction and nonfiction, revolve around Bob's life experiences coming of age during World War II and his subsequent time in various US military and federal government positions. His tales capture the spirit and the chicanery of twentieth-century American boom times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eROBERT HUDDLESTON\u003c\/strong\u003e was awarded the coveted silver wings of an Army Air Corps pilot while still a teenager. This was followed by extensive training in the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter, the aircraft he would pilot in combat against German military forces in the air and on the ground. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, a university education under the GI Bill was followed by employment at New Mexico's White Sands Missile Range, where German rocket experts were employed. He then moved onto Washington, DC, to work at the Pentagon before joining the newly established space agency NASA, first at the Goddard Space Flight Center in nearby Maryland, later at NASA headquarters. Huddleston has degrees from the University of Missouri and George Washington University, and he graduated from the National Defense University in Washington, DC, as a representative of NASA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe married Pepita Lasalle on September 18, 1974. Departing federal service, he became a freelance writer publishing articles, essays, book reviews, and short stories. For ten years, he was a columnist for the \u003cem\u003eFederal Times\u003c\/em\u003e. He has also published a biography of a Mexican-American patriot, \u003cem\u003eEdmundo: From Chiapas, Mexico, to Park Avenue\u003c\/em\u003e (2007); the novella \u003cem\u003eAn American Pilot with the Luftwaffe\u003c\/em\u003e (2014); the novel \u003cem\u003eLove and War: A Father and Son in Two World Wars\u003c\/em\u003e (2020); and \u003cem\u003eSatan's Henchman: Whatever Became of SS General Hans Kammler?\u003c\/em\u003e (2023), a work of historical fiction. He now resides in a retirement community in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The fact that he is fast approaching his 100th birthday in 2024 has in no way slowed down his writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751119126816,"sku":"9798218269807","price":17.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ecd67a6ee3514830e7efda7879aa487f.webp?v=1779964806","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-most-remarkable-life-the-collected-works-of-robert-huddleston-volume-1-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}