First Post!!  1/23/17

Hello! Welcome to my blog about my newest paper finds!

    Recently, I've been introduced to a book called Devotion, written by Adam Makos. This book is a nonfiction work about two men who are bonded together through their struggle in the Korean War.    Adam Makos wrote in his Author's note, that this wasn't supposed to be a book at all. This started as a small newspaper story that, after a single interview with an elderly Tom Hudner, snowballed into a call with a naval officer, which turned to more interviews. Eventually, the small story turned into a large account of a pair of war heroes and their trials through the war.
    The plot opens up with a bang as the main characters, Tom Hudner and Jesse Brown, are flying the token Corsair Fighter Plane over the Korean jungle and Brown's fighter is brought down. After that, the narrators burrow into the pasts of both characters and expose how different they were both brought up. Brown grew up in the racist south, discriminated and hardened into a tough man. Hudner grew up a privileged boy, but resented the silver spoon, and felt bad for the people that made his life easy. Because of both of their stories, they met at the Marine Academy. Now, they've found themselves on the brink of war with Korea, but are stationed in the Mediterranean... I've got no idea what they will do next.