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Writers can’t help but put their own life in their fiction. Some writers—perhaps a lot of us—do it subconsciously. But sometimes you find a writer who does it with full intention, who has taken the time to dissect his life’s experiences and the influences he deems important, and consciously puts them into his fiction. Meet Bob Calverley: author, Vietnam veteran, award-winning journalist, and lover of life. Not only will he show us a different side of the Vietnam war than many of us have experienced in fiction, but he’s also got enough book recommendations to make your bookshelf sag in the middle. Some of us are history buffs, but Bob is even more than that. He’s a life buff. Join me as I discuss writing, American history, and life in general with life buff Bob Calverley. _ _ _ Danielle Ste. Just Website: https://www.daniellestejust.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanielleSteJust Amazon: Author Page _ _ _ Bob Calverley Website: https://www.bobcalverley.com Amazon: Author Page _ _ _ Bob's Book Recommendations: Childhood Favorites: Old Mother Westwind stories by Thornton W. Burgess. Hardy Boys mysteries by Franklin W. Dixon Other Old Favorites: Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis. Note from Bob: “That book was a big bestseller during the war. Tregaskis was a war correspondent who wrote several other books about the war. While they are very politically incorrect today, they were still excellent books for their time.” The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Going After Cacciato and If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O’Brien What It's Like to Go to War and Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series by Stieg Larsson Starship Troopers, Glory Road and Podkayne of Mars by Robert Heinlein. Naked and the Dead and The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer Recent Favorites: Borne by Jeff VanderMeer Tubby Palooza by Tony Dunbar The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne No Exit by Taylor Adams Favorite Book of All Time: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller _ _ _ Music: Japan by Uniq | https://soundcloud.com/uniqofficial/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/