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May

31

2021

Montana Author David Abrams on Memorial Day

From Montana author David Abrams on Facebook:  If the two war books I’ve published could be each assigned a holiday, BRAVE DEEDS would be the Memorial Day novel, and FOBBIT the one for Veterans Day. Brave Deeds honors the dead, Fobbit praises the still-living. By its very nature, Brave Deeds focuses on preserving the memory …

Oct

3

2017

David Abrams and Shann Ray

Brothers in Books: David Abrams, author of “Brave Deeds”

Author Shann Ray of Spokane, WA interviewed Butte, MT author David Abrams about Abrams’ second novel, Brave Deeds.  Shann Ray: Your work is powerful, visceral, and moves readers to consider the heart of flawed characters.  In so doing we consider our own flaws, and it makes us more humble if we open that door. What’s the …

Nov

3

2015

Shann Ray

The American Fiction of Shann Ray

Shann Ray Ferch may just be the most peaceful man I’ve ever met. I don’t know the Dali Lama and I totally missed seeing the Pope during his USA Tour 2015, but Shann Ray will serve as a satisfactory, calm-centered substitute for those two gentlemen. Shann the writer is every bit as open-hearted and gracious …

Feb

27

2013

FOBBIT by David Abrams

“I have finished reading the novel FOBBIT by first-time Montana novelist David Abrams. A “Fobbit” is defined as a “U.S. Army employee stationed at a Forward Operating Base, especially in Iraq.” The story is loosely built around the author’s experiences in the military, including a tour of duty in Iraq. I guarantee that you won’t …

Dec

3

2012

Day 2 of 24 Days of Books: The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers and Other Recent War-Themed Books

“The Yellow Birds is a debut novel about a soldier coming of age and about the psychological aftermath of war. In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old Private Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. Bound together since basic training when Bartle makes a promise to …

Sep

14

2012

1

remark

The Bookstore As Observation Post

I started reading about modern warfare in elementary school and have kept at it steadily for more than five decades. One result, which I began to notice back in the 1970s, is that military thinking has become the default setting in my brain. Battlefield diaries and the memoirs of former combatants are filled with lessons …

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