Author: Ken Bumpus
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466906227
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
After serving twenty-six years as a navy photographer, documenting Navy and Marine action in Kores (Inchon, Iwon and Hungnam) and three tours in Vietnam, Ken Bumpus, PHCM, US Navy (ret.), has drawn from his background to produce this novel, a fictional depiction of one Combat Camera Team's Vietnam adventures.
Those Crazy Camera Guys
Author: Ken Bumpus
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466906227
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
After serving twenty-six years as a navy photographer, documenting Navy and Marine action in Kores (Inchon, Iwon and Hungnam) and three tours in Vietnam, Ken Bumpus, PHCM, US Navy (ret.), has drawn from his background to produce this novel, a fictional depiction of one Combat Camera Team's Vietnam adventures.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466906227
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
After serving twenty-six years as a navy photographer, documenting Navy and Marine action in Kores (Inchon, Iwon and Hungnam) and three tours in Vietnam, Ken Bumpus, PHCM, US Navy (ret.), has drawn from his background to produce this novel, a fictional depiction of one Combat Camera Team's Vietnam adventures.
The Crazy Old White Man from the Hood
Author: Lee Gaylord
Publisher: Publish America LLC
ISBN: 1413724663
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Crazy Old White Man was the street name given to the author when he lived in the hood. It is about his life and how he became The Crazy Old White Man and those who were a part of his life during that time. You will get a look at the drug culture and the streets of Detroit. You will meet addicts and people of the streets. The author pulls no punches and is honest and straightforward about the events in his life. There are some success stories and some failures. There are some laughs and some tears. It is real life, and it shows that the people of the streets are normal people who may have made a wrong turn in life. They are lost souls who need to find themselves.
Publisher: Publish America LLC
ISBN: 1413724663
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Crazy Old White Man was the street name given to the author when he lived in the hood. It is about his life and how he became The Crazy Old White Man and those who were a part of his life during that time. You will get a look at the drug culture and the streets of Detroit. You will meet addicts and people of the streets. The author pulls no punches and is honest and straightforward about the events in his life. There are some success stories and some failures. There are some laughs and some tears. It is real life, and it shows that the people of the streets are normal people who may have made a wrong turn in life. They are lost souls who need to find themselves.
Navy Photographers in Vietnam
Author: Ken Bumpus
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466930055
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
The continuing story of the fictional adventures of a Navy Combat Camera team covering action in Vietnam. Their assignments include documenting, in still and motion pictures, the various actions by Navy and Marine units fighting in-country and on the surrounding seas. Their grip on keeping their sanity in an insane environment depends on hanging onto their sense of humor while fulfilling their photo missions under very difficult conditions.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466930055
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
The continuing story of the fictional adventures of a Navy Combat Camera team covering action in Vietnam. Their assignments include documenting, in still and motion pictures, the various actions by Navy and Marine units fighting in-country and on the surrounding seas. Their grip on keeping their sanity in an insane environment depends on hanging onto their sense of humor while fulfilling their photo missions under very difficult conditions.
Mad Man
Author: Jim Glover
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438977239
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Randall Joseph, award winning advertising writer and child of affirmative action has a grudge against Madison Avenue––he's been blackballed. Believing that the relevant word here is black and that Mad Ave caused the suicide of one of his buddies, Randall decides to get even. He devises a genius plot to systematically extort millions from the good ole boys who blackballed him. But while stacking up cash he unintentionally begins to stack up bodies as well. On the run from New York to Chicago all the way to Monte Carlo, Mad Man is a fast, furious, page turning adventure from a writer that has redefined modern action thrillers
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438977239
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Randall Joseph, award winning advertising writer and child of affirmative action has a grudge against Madison Avenue––he's been blackballed. Believing that the relevant word here is black and that Mad Ave caused the suicide of one of his buddies, Randall decides to get even. He devises a genius plot to systematically extort millions from the good ole boys who blackballed him. But while stacking up cash he unintentionally begins to stack up bodies as well. On the run from New York to Chicago all the way to Monte Carlo, Mad Man is a fast, furious, page turning adventure from a writer that has redefined modern action thrillers
Straight Man
Author: Richard Russo
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307809943
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Hilarious and true-to-life, witty, compassionate, and impossible to put down, Straight Man follows Hank Devereaux through one very bad week in this novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls. • Now the AMC Original Series Lucky Hank. William Henry Devereaux, Jr., is the reluctant chairman of the English department of a badly underfunded college in the Pennsylvania rust belt. Devereaux's reluctance is partly rooted in his character—he is a born anarchist—and partly in the fact that his department is more savagely divided than the Balkans. In the course of a single week, Devereaux will have his nose mangled by an angry colleague, imagine his wife is having an affair with his dean, wonder if a curvaceous adjunct is trying to seduce him with peach pits, and threaten to execute a goose on local television. All this while coming to terms with his philandering father, the dereliction of his youthful promise, and the ominous failure of certain vital body functions. In short, Straight Man is classic Russo—side-splitting, poignant, compassionate, and unforgettable. Look for Richard Russo's new book, Somebody's Fool, coming soon.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307809943
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Hilarious and true-to-life, witty, compassionate, and impossible to put down, Straight Man follows Hank Devereaux through one very bad week in this novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls. • Now the AMC Original Series Lucky Hank. William Henry Devereaux, Jr., is the reluctant chairman of the English department of a badly underfunded college in the Pennsylvania rust belt. Devereaux's reluctance is partly rooted in his character—he is a born anarchist—and partly in the fact that his department is more savagely divided than the Balkans. In the course of a single week, Devereaux will have his nose mangled by an angry colleague, imagine his wife is having an affair with his dean, wonder if a curvaceous adjunct is trying to seduce him with peach pits, and threaten to execute a goose on local television. All this while coming to terms with his philandering father, the dereliction of his youthful promise, and the ominous failure of certain vital body functions. In short, Straight Man is classic Russo—side-splitting, poignant, compassionate, and unforgettable. Look for Richard Russo's new book, Somebody's Fool, coming soon.
American Made
Author: Ken Bumpus
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466993731
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
After publishing his first two fact/fiction novels about the adventures of Navy combat photographers in the Vietnam conflict, the author was urged by friends and relations to tell his own life story, which, in itself, is one of many adventures of travel around the world as a photojournalist for the Navy.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466993731
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
After publishing his first two fact/fiction novels about the adventures of Navy combat photographers in the Vietnam conflict, the author was urged by friends and relations to tell his own life story, which, in itself, is one of many adventures of travel around the world as a photojournalist for the Navy.
Vietnam War Slang
Author: Tom Dalzell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317661869
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
In 2014, the US marks the 50th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the basis for the Johnson administration’s escalation of American military involvement in Southeast Asia and war against North Vietnam. Vietnam War Slang outlines the context behind the slang used by members of the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. Troops facing and inflicting death display a high degree of linguistic creativity. Vietnam was the last American war fought by an army with conscripts, and their involuntary participation in the war added a dimension to the language. War has always been an incubator for slang; it is brutal, and brutality demands a vocabulary to describe what we don’t encounter in peacetime civilian life. Furthermore, such language serves to create an intense bond between comrades in the armed forces, helping them to support the heavy burdens of war. The troops in Vietnam faced the usual demands of war, as well as several that were unique to Vietnam – a murky political basis for the war, widespread corruption in the ruling government, untraditional guerilla warfare, an unpredictable civilian population in Vietnam, and a growing lack of popular support for the war back in the US. For all these reasons, the language of those who fought in Vietnam was a vivid reflection of life in wartime. Vietnam War Slang lays out the definitive record of the lexicon of Americans who fought in the Vietnam War. Assuming no prior knowledge, it presents around 2000 headwords, with each entry divided into sections giving parts of speech, definitions, glosses, the countries of origin, dates of earliest known citations, and citations. It will be an essential resource for Vietnam veterans and their families, students and readers of history, and anyone interested in the principles underpinning the development of slang.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317661869
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
In 2014, the US marks the 50th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the basis for the Johnson administration’s escalation of American military involvement in Southeast Asia and war against North Vietnam. Vietnam War Slang outlines the context behind the slang used by members of the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. Troops facing and inflicting death display a high degree of linguistic creativity. Vietnam was the last American war fought by an army with conscripts, and their involuntary participation in the war added a dimension to the language. War has always been an incubator for slang; it is brutal, and brutality demands a vocabulary to describe what we don’t encounter in peacetime civilian life. Furthermore, such language serves to create an intense bond between comrades in the armed forces, helping them to support the heavy burdens of war. The troops in Vietnam faced the usual demands of war, as well as several that were unique to Vietnam – a murky political basis for the war, widespread corruption in the ruling government, untraditional guerilla warfare, an unpredictable civilian population in Vietnam, and a growing lack of popular support for the war back in the US. For all these reasons, the language of those who fought in Vietnam was a vivid reflection of life in wartime. Vietnam War Slang lays out the definitive record of the lexicon of Americans who fought in the Vietnam War. Assuming no prior knowledge, it presents around 2000 headwords, with each entry divided into sections giving parts of speech, definitions, glosses, the countries of origin, dates of earliest known citations, and citations. It will be an essential resource for Vietnam veterans and their families, students and readers of history, and anyone interested in the principles underpinning the development of slang.
The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English
Author: Tom Dalzell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351765205
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 5135
Book Description
The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang offers the ultimate record of modern, post WW2 American Slang. The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups. Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used are also provided. In terms of content, the cultural transformations since 1945 are astounding. Television, computers, drugs, music, unpopular wars, youth movements, changing racial sensitivities and attitudes towards sex and sexuality are all substantial factors that have shaped culture and language. This new edition includes over 500 new headwords collected with citations from the last five years, a period of immense change in the English language, as well as revised existing entries with new dating and citations. No term is excluded on the grounds that it might be considered offensive as a racial, ethnic, religious, sexual or any kind of slur. This dictionary contains many entries and citations that will, and should, offend. Rich, scholarly and informative, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English is an indispensable resource for language researchers, lexicographers and translators.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351765205
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 5135
Book Description
The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang offers the ultimate record of modern, post WW2 American Slang. The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups. Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used are also provided. In terms of content, the cultural transformations since 1945 are astounding. Television, computers, drugs, music, unpopular wars, youth movements, changing racial sensitivities and attitudes towards sex and sexuality are all substantial factors that have shaped culture and language. This new edition includes over 500 new headwords collected with citations from the last five years, a period of immense change in the English language, as well as revised existing entries with new dating and citations. No term is excluded on the grounds that it might be considered offensive as a racial, ethnic, religious, sexual or any kind of slur. This dictionary contains many entries and citations that will, and should, offend. Rich, scholarly and informative, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English is an indispensable resource for language researchers, lexicographers and translators.
KING OF DEVIL'S CANYON
Author: KEN BUMPUS
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490747346
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
This is the fourth published work by KEN BUMPUS PHCM, USN (Ret.) His first two were fact/fiction novels depicting the adventures and light-hearted antics of a group of Navy Combat Photographer/Journalists in Vietnam. the third is the author's autobiography describing his youth in the Black Hills of South Dakota where he grew up absorbing the legends of 'Wild Bill' Hickock, Calamity Jane, Gen. George Custer, etc. At 17 he enlisted in the Navy and subsequently spent 25 years service in WW II, Korea and Vietnam. In 1963 he was picked as one of the Navy's top documentary photographers to participate in a Navy sponsored course in photojournalism at Syracuse University. He served as a Navy Combat Photojounalist in Korea during the Inchon Invasion, the evacuations of Hungnam and Iwon (North Korea), as well as the UN troops' final withdrawal from Inchon. This was followed by three tours in Vietnam. His photos and stories of the Navy and Marine actions received world-wide distribution and earned him the Navy Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Achievement Medal, the Navy Unit Commendation Medal and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, among numerous other campaign service medals. His final three years of Navy service were as Staff Photojournalist for the United States Naval Academy, where he retired as a Master Chief Photographer/Photojournalist in 1973. He now resides in Longwood, Florida spending his retirement writing and photographing for pleasure. He can presently be contacted at: [email protected]@cfl.rr.com
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490747346
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
This is the fourth published work by KEN BUMPUS PHCM, USN (Ret.) His first two were fact/fiction novels depicting the adventures and light-hearted antics of a group of Navy Combat Photographer/Journalists in Vietnam. the third is the author's autobiography describing his youth in the Black Hills of South Dakota where he grew up absorbing the legends of 'Wild Bill' Hickock, Calamity Jane, Gen. George Custer, etc. At 17 he enlisted in the Navy and subsequently spent 25 years service in WW II, Korea and Vietnam. In 1963 he was picked as one of the Navy's top documentary photographers to participate in a Navy sponsored course in photojournalism at Syracuse University. He served as a Navy Combat Photojounalist in Korea during the Inchon Invasion, the evacuations of Hungnam and Iwon (North Korea), as well as the UN troops' final withdrawal from Inchon. This was followed by three tours in Vietnam. His photos and stories of the Navy and Marine actions received world-wide distribution and earned him the Navy Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Achievement Medal, the Navy Unit Commendation Medal and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, among numerous other campaign service medals. His final three years of Navy service were as Staff Photojournalist for the United States Naval Academy, where he retired as a Master Chief Photographer/Photojournalist in 1973. He now resides in Longwood, Florida spending his retirement writing and photographing for pleasure. He can presently be contacted at: [email protected]@cfl.rr.com
Pi Inc.
Author: Ken Bumpus
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 149076478X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Patrick was apprehensive about leaving Chicago behind but he had no one there to hold him back. * Flo, his wife of 20 years, had been taken by cancer two years ago and his grown twin sons both lived on the west coast. They had their families and couldnt visit him except on rare special occasions. Besides, travel from Oregon to Miami wasnt much further than from Oregon to Chicago. The shock of going from the frigid Lake Michigan cold into the balmy 74 Miami sunshine made Pat struggle to shake off the shock to his system. Hey there, Irishman, Pat was welcomed by Captain LRosa as he was retrieving his two pieces of luggage from the carousel Hey yourself, you old Wop! Look at you! Bermuda shorts, flowered shirt and flip-flops. And that bronze tan and sun-bleached hair (what there is left of it)! You really look the part of a transplanted Chicago South-Sider, Patrick shot back.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 149076478X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Patrick was apprehensive about leaving Chicago behind but he had no one there to hold him back. * Flo, his wife of 20 years, had been taken by cancer two years ago and his grown twin sons both lived on the west coast. They had their families and couldnt visit him except on rare special occasions. Besides, travel from Oregon to Miami wasnt much further than from Oregon to Chicago. The shock of going from the frigid Lake Michigan cold into the balmy 74 Miami sunshine made Pat struggle to shake off the shock to his system. Hey there, Irishman, Pat was welcomed by Captain LRosa as he was retrieving his two pieces of luggage from the carousel Hey yourself, you old Wop! Look at you! Bermuda shorts, flowered shirt and flip-flops. And that bronze tan and sun-bleached hair (what there is left of it)! You really look the part of a transplanted Chicago South-Sider, Patrick shot back.