On December 7, 1941, an unprepared and pacifist America is suddenly thrown into WWII. Young men and women from every corner of the USA leave homes and schools for military service or jobs in the burgeoning war industries. In WV, Choctaw Indian legend See Bird Carpenter must advise and prepare his grandson, Stu Carter, for what is to come. But what can prepare a teen from the mountains for four years of naval conflict across two oceans?
Other young men, both American and Japanese, heed their nations’ call and abandon their college classrooms for combat flight training. Young women, such as Maggie Cernak join the labor force to provide the weapons of war needed to prevail.
When Stu meets Maggie while on “liberty,” sparks fly. But can love survive the brutality of war? This new generation must grapple with issues such as courage, honor, and integrity amid bombs and cannon-fire. Their conduct will shape the post-war world.
Praise for “The Seventh Cruise”: “…is quality writing deserving of a wider readership.” London Book Festival Committee
The Seventh Cruise
The torch has been passed from See Bird to his son-in-law Charlie Carter whose son, Stu Carter has reached the age at which his father, Charlie, had gone off to war. With the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a new world war erupts, and like his father before him, Stu decides to join the fight. But like his father, Stu learns that war, as General Sherman once said, is hell. Winner of the London Book Festival 2016
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Karl Stewart 