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Insightful, poignant, and inspiring-with touches of humor throughout-The Train chronicles the coming-of-age of a young man living on the Gulf Coast of Alabama during the 1950s and 1960s. It is the story of how one thoughtful boy-gradually forged "as a Damascene smith might have shaped a blade" by his father, his heroes, his family, and his friends-becomes "a harder, stronger substance that will take a keener edge."

This debut novel by Tony Jordan, a former senior CIA operations officer and Air Rescue pilot, introduces Jack Jourdain and Jean-Louis Thibodeaux, two remarkable young men-who are showcased in future volumes-as they confront real-life military and national security challenges.

Inspired by actual events, the book considers the importance of imagination and visualization as it explores how family and community influence the formation of core personal values including love, duty, and honor.

The author "knows the human heart and the way of the world like Faulkner, but writes like Hemingway." -Daniel W. Jacobowitz, USAF (Retired)

The Train is "a compelling read that shows you can't go wrong with a classics education."-Ruth Overman Fischer, George Mason University (Retired)


About the Author:

Tony Jordan is a graduate of The University of the South (Sewanee), where he earned his bachelor's degree in religion, and Auburn University, where he received his master's degree in political science.

After growing up on the Gulf Coast in Alabama, he flew long-range combat rescue helicopters during and after the Vietnam War.

For the next twenty-six years, Jordan served as a clandestine operations officer for the CIA, living and working in London, Rome, and numerous locations throughout the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

After retiring from the CIA, he worked as a senior vice-president with a Boston-based high-tech firm.

In 2013 the highly decorated intelligence officer and pilot retired to write from a mountain hideaway in East Tennessee.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780692456002
  • Publisher: Spy Hill Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Spy Hill Publishing
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 164
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 227 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0692456007
  • Publisher Date: 28 Oct 2015
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Width: 133 mm

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