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Authors: Clinton Frederick
Publisher: Zonicom Press
Contact: info@FiveStarPublications.com
Price: $26.95 / Hard cover / Non-fiction
Pub Date: 2006
Website: www.OneSoldiersJourney.com
Size: 6 x 9, 455 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9778493-0-7

WHAT IS THE BOOK ABOUT?

Clinton Frederick returned to his grandparents' house for a family wedding in 2002. In the attic, just as he'd remembered, were Japanese swords, parachutes, and other memorabilia from WWII. In a trunk stuck back under the rafters, Clinton made a discovery that would change his life forever. Inside were more than hundred letters written by his father, Captain George Frederick.

This correspondence, most of which Capt. Frederick had written to his mother, chronicled from a most personal standpoint some of the major events that shaped the world. The letters also allowed Clinton Frederick, for the first time in his life, to know what his father was really like.

WWII - A Legacy of Letters, is a true story of love and war. In it, Frederick artfully weaves together his father's letters with historical information about some of the most important military campaigns of the war.

WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK UNIQUE?

• History is too often simply a dry recitation of dates, events, and people. Frederick's book puts a very human face on the events surrounding the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
• Readers will find the author's discoveries about his father to be extraordinarily moving.

10 SUGGESTED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Would you tell us just a bit about your book?

2. When and how did you discover these letters?

3. What was your first reaction when you realized what you'd found?

4. Was your mother alive at the time you found the letters? If so, did you share them with her and what was her reaction?

5. What was the reaction of any other family members with whom you've shared these letters?

6. Now that you've finally come to know more about your father, what kind of a man was he?

7. Your book provides quite a history lesson. Have you always had an interest in World War II, or did your interest begin with the discovery of the letters?

8. What prompted you to turn these letters and your love of history into a book?

9. How has your life changed since discovering the trunk?

10. Where can people purchase a copy of your book?