Jack Cheevers
I write modern U.S. history, and the best thing for me is being able to bring people and events from the not-so-distant past back to vivid life on the printed page. It's almost a god-like power. As a writer, you can bring an individual onto the historical stage, sketch their defining personality traits (hero or ne'er-do-well, wise man or fool), and then set in motion the historical events that propel them toward their fate. The people I write about are very real, and I try to be competely accurate and fair in my portrayals of them. I get a huge kick out of learning everything I can about an individual (from diaries, face-to-face interviews, oral histories, unpublished manuscripts, or any other valid sources). The next step is to boil the person down to their essence, in a way that's memorable to the reader.
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Mr. Cheevers, I so enjoyed "Act of War" especially after I bought a copy for my Dad and he read it, too. Dad served with the ROK Army "White Horse Regiment" in Vietnam as a U.S. liaison officer. He told me an unbelievable story from his time in the Korean War that I just KNOW would make a great book. My question is "Will you write it?" See http://www.historynet.com/war-behind-the-wire-koje-do-prison-camp.htm/4
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