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The Battle of the Bulge: The Untold Story of Höfen
World War II was not only a chaotic affair, but truly a “World War” with fighting going on around the globe, on land, on sea and in the air with participants from virtually every country. Details of the war stretch to infinity and are impossible to grasp in total. To be understood at all, one must approach it in piecemeal fragments. One way is to study the history of an individual soldier and relate his actions to the whole.
George Washington Looney served as an artillery forward observer for the 196th Field Artillery Battallion, a vital, but relatively unfamiliar military assignment. George was a modest man who rarely spoke of his many accomplishments in the Army; Mike Looney has researched his Father's service history and wrote this book in an effort to properly recognize not only George's contributions to the Allied success during the war, but also the efforts of his fellow members of the 196th.
Mike’s Newest Novel - Tickle the Light
Tickle the Light is not only a moving story of one man's journey from darkness to light, but a triumph of family and friendship. Thanks to the unparalleled skills of Dr. Samuel Duke, Joe Donley, college baseball star, survives a life-threatening head injury. To Joe’s lingering dismay, the injury robs Joe of his chance for future big-league stardom—a fate virtually predetermined from a lifetime of preparation with his nurturing father who left his own promising baseball career on the beaches of Normandy in 1944.
Over the next two decades, despite a relatively healthy existence, a loving family, and successful business with his best childhood buddy, depression gradually surrounds Joe like a tight cocoon. Joe Donley, blinded by the desire for a more meaningful existence, cannot see the good things in his life.
Don’t wish for something too much, Joe. Due to a medical miracle of unparalleled degree, Joe claims his rightful destiny as darling of the sports world. Follow Joe Donley as he navigates his turbulent and sometimes hilarious journey down fame’s base path as the oldest rookie in major league history!
Mike’s First Novel - Heroes are Hard to Find
Through the magic of the mysterious Mac Swindell, Stormy Weathers, a crusty, brawling, womanizing but aging ballplayer, returns to his old high school in Dallas, Texas, disguised as Cal Lucas, 18-year-old baseball phenom. His mission: to not only redeem his one athletic failure before reclaiming his lofty status as a big league star but also establish contact with his mother, who inexplicably abandoned him as a small child. Cover illustrated by NFL great Charlie Waters.