The Desert Falcons

Download or read book The Desert Falcons written by Keith Waldrop and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-23 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Desert Falcons is and exciting historical fiction novel about two young men (George Davis and Ronald Logan) that trained to be pilots in the Royal Air Force at Falcon Field in Mesa Arizona during World War II. George and Ronald graduated from different classes but became prisoners of war in the same Japanese camp. Their lives are connected for survival and apply the lessons and knowledge they received while at Falcon Field and the harsh conditions of Arizona in the 1940's. The Desert Falcons captures the life and times of the local citizens of Mesa and how Falcon Airfield being converted to train pilots impacts the community. The story honors the 23 British and American military men that perished in training from 1941 to 1945. This novel honors those that gave the ultimate sacrifice and helped preserve freedom in a world being over-ran by the forces of evil.

Download or read book Falcon's Cry written by Michael Donnelly and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1998-08-27 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. Air Force Major Michael Donnelly was diagnosed with ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease, after his tour of duty in Desert Storm. When the Pentagon denied any connection between his illness and his service in the Gulf War, Donnelly testified before the House of Representatives in 1998, leading to recommendations for studies into the group of symptoms displayed by Gulf veterans which have become known as "Persian Gulf syndrome."

Download or read book Desert Falcons written by Don Pendleton and published by Gold Eagle. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ROYAL CONSPIRACY In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a secret group within the military is plotting to oust the Royal Family. Their next move: kidnapping the playboy prince from a desert warfare training session outside Las Vegas. But Sin City already has its share of trouble, with authorities investigating the disappearance of two park rangers and coping with threats made by an anti-Muslim rancher who has a highly efficient militia of his own. It falls to Mack Bolan to keep the prince safe at all costs. But someone in the heir's inner circle is a traitor, and the agents working the park ranger case are bound by official procedure. When it comes to stopping the fall of a kingdom and preventing a bloodbath on US soil, the Executioner makes his own rules.

Download or read book The Desert Falcon written by Claud Morris and published by General Company for Publication. This book was released on 1974 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Prairie Falcon written by Stanley H. Anderson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skillful hunters beautiful in flight, Prairie Falcons inhabit the rocky cliffs of the American West. These raptors range from southern Canada and northern North Dakota to Baja California, Arizona, New Mexico, western and northern Texas, and southeastern Coahuila, Mexico. This is the first book for a wide audience devoted exclusively to the Prairie Falcon. Stanley Anderson and John Squires cover all aspects of the falcon's life history from mating and rearing young to hunting behaviors and the yearly migration cycle. They provide complete descriptive characteristics for identifying Prairie Falcons and also compare them to other raptors, especially the closely related Peregrine Falcon. In addition, the authors recount the long association of falcons with people, which may extend back as far as 2000 BC. They describe the practice of falconry from the Middle Ages until today. And they assess the threats to Prairie Falcons posed by human activities, from pesticide use and destruction of habitat to disruption of the breeding cycle by careless birdwatchers.

Download or read book One Day in the Desert written by Jean Craighead George and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: æA wounded mountain lion moves from his mountain habitat to a Papago Indian hut in Arizona's Sonoran desert during a record-breaking July day. All creation adapts to the blistering heat until a cloudburst causes a flash flood. With a measured yet vivid style, this introduction to desert ecology makes a memorable impact." -SLJ.

Download or read book Pirates of the Plains written by Bruce A. Haak and published by Surrey, B.C. : Hancock House. This book was released on 1995 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an intimate story of biology student developing both his knowledge of the prairie falcon and his own philosophical outlook on the natural world. Author Bruce Haak shares his passion for the prairie falcon and its habitat in this fascinating story of his journey to understand and record the behavior of this spirited bird of prey. Bruce Haak is a biologist and a falconer. But in this book, he reveals himself as a wonderful writer and a biophiliac: a person who loves nature and sees all its connections with a child's sense of wonder, a hunter's passion, and a scientist's knowledge. In this autobiographical account of research on the prairie falcon in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, Bruce Haak follows in the tradition of JA O'Brien (The Peregrine), Ronald Stevens (Laggard), and Dan O'Brien (The Rites of Autumn), by blending a deep appreciation for the outdoors and for falcons into some of the best nature writing of the late twentieth century. Full of interesting encounters with the wildlife of the high desert, the book focuses most informatively on its central image, the prairie falcon, and leads to new insights into the behavior and ecology of this remarkable raptor.