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AKW books :: -Biography/Memoirs :: Cut the Power Fergy
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Author: Al Kalar
An eye-opening look into the daily lives and concerns of a World War II bomber pilot and the people on the “home front”.
I’ve always had a thing for heroes. John Wayne types who overcome obstacles with class. Ken Ferguson is one of the “real” heroes who just does his dangerous job, day after day without making a big deal out of it — even though it is a “big deal”. His letters to home are very eye-opening if you read between the lines.
He reports a stint in the hospital as if he just got out of the barracks. No explanation as to why he was there, but his list of medals tells the reader that it wasn’t because he scratched himself shaving.
The letters from home are “newsy” and detail events and concerns that would mostly interest someone who is far away and needs to realize that the people he’s defending are surviving and taking things in stride. But here again, there’s the “between the lines” stress in the seemingly mundane happenings being reported to their hometown hero. Things they don’t want to burden him with.
When I finished, I felt like I’d lived during the events and been part of his family. Something that no amount of war movies would ever give me. A truly enlightening experience!
Note: I work for the publisher, but I can say anything I want, so take it for what it’s worth.
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Author: Chantale
This is not what I usually read and not usually would review but it really seemed interesting so I gave it a shot. This is very good. Even if you are not into Historical biography this book is very good and informative. You get to learn more about Word War II and how family back home dealt with it.As a army wife I thought it was very informative. I think even if you are not into historical biographies you might still find it a good read.
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Author: Sam White
A compilation of letters between a pilot and his family in WWII becomes an absorbing and moving tale as the Ferguson family try as hard as they can to keep in touch throughout the last two years of the war. Between the various letters sent from or to Ken and his siblings, parents and aunt & uncle, I came to know and care about this family better than characters in some movies set in the same era. Heck, better than a lot characters in fiction I\'ve come across.
Ken must\'ve been a fascinating guy. Shot, even his family & friends keep telling him that. Many of his letters often have an causual, easy going, optimistic tone, even when he bring up problems and obstacles he has to deal with. Though there are time he gets upset or even riled up. We also learn a great deal about his family and how things are going on the home front. This is like looking into a window of life back then that tells us about the world of the early 40s better than most history lessons or many movies. It\'s particularly amusing reading some of the archaic terms they use (like how they use \"fellows\" instead of \"guys\" or how Ken says something \"is tops\" when speaking positively about it and calling planes \"ships\").
My one complaint is how many of the photocopies of letters, postcards and newspaper clipping are very hard (some impossible) to read. As said in the product description, they\'re very old and and there\'s only so much photo editing technology can do. They\'d probably still be a pain to read on a bigger screen. I don\'t mind about the official documents so much, but I\'d like to know more about what some the handwritten letters say.
Still, it\'s a wondrous and stirring true life story about a young man who set out to see the world and have adventures while serving his country and how his family dealt with daily life while sending as much love and support as they could in their letters & packages, and he to them.
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