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| About the Book | |
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The legacy of Mount Rushmore is and will always be the contributions to America of the four great men encased in that mountain’s granite – Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt. However, imagine if these American icons could mysteriously come alive, and travel through today’s Middle America to view and hear the country’s moods and problems. This story then gives them the privilege of presenting their observations and wisdom to a joint session of Congress. They preach common sense, integrity, fiscal solutions and cooperation to the current Congress, a Congress that many consider to be totally dysfunctional. Each president is given a new identity and they travel incognito through countryside and city, experiencing emotional encounters and humorous scenes. They each visit their family homes and relate some unique American history to their escorting hosts, for instance, George Washington to Mount Vernon and Jefferson at Monticello. A concurrent story thread involves the Sioux Indian Nation and their ongoing attempt to regain ownership of the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore. This book is admittedly surreal, but is intended to entertain while emphasizing the need to retain Constitutional Law, protect our precious American freedoms and honor the traditional pursuit of life, liberty and happiness in a society that seems to be more contentious than it need be, much more divided than it should be. No one book can change the future, but it can try.
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| About the Author | |
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Dan Feltham is retired and living the quiet life in Southern California with his loving wife, Erika. He was born in Long Beach CA in 1934. He is a graduate Geologist of Stanford University with further studies at UCLA. After living three years in North Africa in petroleum exploration, he switched disciplines and pursued an extensive career with the IBM Corporation doing what he prefers to call ‘problem solving’ with systems, marketing and people management including several years each in Hawaii, Southeast Asia, Saudi Arabia and Southern California. He has enjoyed international travel and also owned and raced sailboats most of his life. Dan is the author of twelve e-Pub adventure novels, Trade Winds Calling, The Catalina Connection, Mount Rushmore’s Legacy, The Edge of Time, a San Diego County award winner - Terror in the Gulf, then Mexican Standoff, Sahara Sands a Memoir, Copper Canyon, Egyptian Gold, O’Taheiti Dreamin’ and Under the Southern Cross. As background material for sailing episodes within a few of his books, Dan can refer to bareboat sailing charters in Caribbean, Mexican, Hawaiian, Tahitian and Fijian waters, extensive cruising and racing including the 1976 Olympic Qualifying Trials and three TransPacific yacht races to Hawaii. Dan also self published a non-fiction account of his personal Vietnam War experiences entitled, When Big Blue Went To War, the History of the IBM Corporation’s Mission in Southeast Asia During the Vietnam War. The book has been praised by many as a one-of-a-kind close look at war from the civilian contractor’s personal point of view while living within the war zone. It describes a life changing experience for Dan and his Band of IBM Brothers. |