Freedom will prevail!

Title:

Fly Away Old Glory

Author:

James O’Connor Sargent and Arthur Nelson Thornhill

Grade or Market

Young Adults to Seniors.

No. Of Words:

111, 403.

Keywords &Market Focus:

Navy Pilots, Old Glory Lost, End of Traditions, Sex, Love, Romance, Adventure, New World, Victims/We must fly on wings of hope beyond a past that is dead into a future of great promise.

Synopsis:

Navy flight instructors, their families, and people they come to know reflect the best and the worst of America’s “, pacifists, permissive(s), potheads, and pilots.” Straddling two differing generational philosophies”, they see “Old Glory” fade away: from seat-of-the-pants flying to blips on a computer; from teenagers in love to adults in their thirties who haven’t found love in several failed marriages; from childhood heroes to the “season of the anti-hero”; from safe sex to “make love and die.” They struggle and cope with issues we all face, and fly on “wings of hope” in tired old birds with students yet to know how to fly but who must fly well if they are to master the skills needed to hit a tightly-strung cable on a bobbing-boat. Trying to find lasting relationships in a world of unprecedented insecurity that can take it all away in a moment, these characters are screaming to be heard as they live and die, love and hate, laugh and cry their way through these turbulent times. They share their lives with raw and brutal honesty through heart-stopping adventure, great sex, betrayal, brutality, and finally love that truly rivals the greatest of literary romances.
      

Authors' Bios:

Arthur Nelson Thornhill - Vanderbilt University (1966-1970) – Carrier qualified on USS Lexington (1970) – Designated Naval Aviator (1971) Personally trained hundreds of navy pilots and flight instructors. Served as primary flight instructor for first women to be trained as Naval Aviators and students from Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and a host of other countries. Retired from USN (1981) Began "Fly Away Old Glory" in 1978 with James O’Connor Sargent - A writer of mysteries, novellas and short stories, who helped found a Writers Club in D.C. that has met monthly since 1953. Jim Attended Fordham University and British Intelligence school. He served as Combat Intelligence Officer for US Army Air Corps in Burma and China and was awarded Bronze Star for bravery and the Chinese Freedom medal among others. Jim’s listed in Who’s Who in America and in Who’s Who in the World. James O’Connor Sargent died December 8, 2000. Arthur Nelson Thornhill completed the final draft and began editing this novel in September 2001.

Other: 

“On wings of hope, each heart can travel free.
As high as love can soar, as far as dreams can see.” – Anonymous

“Hold on to the golden moments of mankind at its best
Bold dreams that were realized when put to the test.
Rare times when challenged beyond will to endure,
When life was so threatened and victory so pure.
Fly Away Old Glory, Fly Away, Fly, ” – Arthur Nelson Thornhill