Unique! Imagine for a minute a talented American journalist incarcerated, doing time at Sing Sing Correctional facility. Now take that individual and allow him to interview fellow prisoners and glimpse into their mind, their past, their crime, and you have the foundation for The Tragedy of True Crime.
Author Lennon takes us “behind the scenes” in a debut non-fiction book. The author was convicted of killing a man in Brooklyn in 2001. He describes the event in incredible detail.
Now let us move on to the two prisoners that schemed to knock on the door of a parish church, chat with the priest, and then proceed to stab to death Rev. A. Joseph Bissonette, 55 years old. The priest’s sock was stuffed into his mouth so he could not utter a word. Or Monsignor David Herlihy, that the same prisoners murdered in the rectory of St. Matthew’s Church in Buffalo, NY.
We move on to the flirtatious girl at a party that dug her fingernails into the (perpetrator-prisoners) scrotum, and he then proceeded to choke her to death. What was going through his mind at the time? Why was he so incredibly aggressive?
Let’s move on to the troubled teenager from Buffalo, NY, who committed robbery and murder, or the Gay male, Michael Shane Hale, who murdered and dismembered his victim in New York and faces the death penalty.
Author Lennon “redefines” what crime is and what the perpetrator’s mindset is at the time of committing the crime. This book is incredibly unique. I will promise you one thing: it will be hard to put it down!
The Tragedy of True Crime is a first-person journalistic account of the lives of four men who have killed, written by a man who has killed. Lennon entered the New York prison system with a sentence of 28 years to life. Later, he stepped into a writing workshop at Attica, and his whole life changed. Drawing on first-person reporting from the cell block and the prison yard, Lennon challenges our obsession with true crime by telling the full lives of men who have killed.
These men have completely different backgrounds and stories - Robert Chambers, a preppy Manhattanite turned true…
Mental health is a topic that remains front and center. Are you interested in a journey, which is a personal venture, through the mental health infrastructure that we have today? Psychiatric assessment including hospitalization is shared with the audience.
The memoir reflects the author as a bright student, attending and graduating from Harvard University. Her psychiatric assessment began when she was 13 years old. Tentative diagnosis of bipolar with resultant prescription of mood stabilizers, antidepressants, etc., was the modus operandi.
Ms. Delano was ascribed a number of diagnoses, i.e., depression, anxiety, eating disorder, borderline personality, and bipolar. She was aggressive with her own management and would stop all meds of her own volition. The results were “interesting” to say the least.
We are exposed to what it means to be ascribed a title of “mentally ill” and what does that encompass? We are entitled to rethink how effective these meds really are. The emotional torture that goes with psychiatric diagnosis and the struggle to find the best practices with regard to treatment plan.
Delani is courageous, intelligent, willing to take risks. Her personification of her experience makes the reader want to learn, read, and more as we delve into her challenges and rewards. Laura Delano makes us take a step back, relook at our mental status, and how to navigate the oftentimes daunting psychiatric arena.
Are you “Ready for Takeoff-Wheels Up Time? You are about to go on a venture with a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel. It is the 30,000-foot view! A 20-year career as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force.
What is very cool about the book is it draws analogies for the specific flying-related events to “leadership” skills in life. Inspiration is the word, theme!
The memoirs are notable, one after another. Dale provides just the right amount of aviation technical info to keep you “flying.” Personal leadership journeys worldwide are conveyed. A combination of mental and materialistic are words that capture the essence of the book.
The victories, the disappointments, excitement, and challenges are provided chapter after chapter. Dales’ wife Karin and their children, Daniel and Shelby, come along “for the ride.”
Highs and lows of military life, “the labyrinth of military life”, are pointed out throughout the book. The Cold War, 911, Rwanda, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan are all visited.
Dale is a “family man” with integrity, leadership, and pride. One chapter, titled “The Happy Pessimist,” focuses on parachuting, jumping out of a Cessna. He says he was “not scared in the least.” I certainly would be! He was told right before jumping out of the plane, “Go, Go, Go”! Skydiving can be fun indeed.
The book, on the home stretch, provides “fact information” about B-52G, KC-10, and C-37 planes, interesting to say the least. Cudos to David Dale for sharing his memoirs. Well done!
This is also an opportunity to thank our military for all they do to keep us safe. Cudos to all!
Ready For Takeoff - Stories from an Air Force Pilot recounts the extraordinary events of my ordinary Air Force career. From B-52 Cold War nuclear alert as a navigator, to wartime aerial refueling missions during Desert Storm and the Bosnian War, to flying General Tommy Franks after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, my career intersected many moments in history. I began as a quiet navigator and rose to command an Air Force squadron tasked with flying our nation's commanding four-star generals and admirals. These stories represent the exploits of many proud Air Force service men and women. Prior to every takeoff,…
We provide over 40 years of experience as an infertility specialist. Patient cases are presented; the book is designed to be a "companion book" for anyone going through infertility treatment. The daunting journey is made tolerable.
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