If I Were An Eagle: Book 1 - Paperback

by D. L. Hale (Author)

In his riveting first novel, If I Were an Eagle, David Hale takes us on a journey through the mountains of Tennessee. In Southern Appalachia, it is 1948, and the good folk of the rural communities, were either piously unyielding in their adherence to what they understood about the teachings of the Good Book, or they were too hypocritical and haughty to let on that they'd ever been anything but perfect. Hale spins a tale of woe, for not since the Perils of Pauline has so much misfortune befallen a young damsel, in so short a time. Many young women in the rural south were betrayed as much by their own carnal awakening as by the young studs and dirty old men who seduced and abused them. David Hale skillfully weaves the details of a existence in this story with a foreshadowing of events to come that leaves the reader anxiously anticipating what might happen next, And that makes for a good read every time.*Book Review by Jacquelyn Brown Community Services Manager for the Knoxville News-Sentinel, where she formerly served as reporter and columnist - August 2001

Author Biography

Born in 1949, the author D.L. Hale was raised near the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee. After attending class in a four-room schoolhouse, David moved to suburbia where he finished high school. He was in the Army and in Vietnam in the sixties and again in 1972, following a stint at Carson-Newman College. He also attended Tennessee State Tech. Hale has four grown sons, and is married to the woman he took to the prom in 1965. He was a business owner and consultant, a former member of the NWU (National Writers Union) and The Knoxville Writers Guild, and you can read an interview about him from Books and Authors by going to their web site at www.booksandauthors.net Hale has recently finished a re-write of Book One of the "If I Were An Eagle" series and also If I Were An Eagle Book Two. He now looks forward to having the final novel, Book Three of the trilogy ready for publishing in 2014. Hale has won several Editor's Choice Award's from The International Library of Poetry, and he was highlighted on "Paul Harvey's broadcast, The rest of the story," on January 3, 2002. It can be heard by visiting his web site. "If I Were An Eagle Book One," was also highlighted as the book of the day on www.emazing.com. Emazing.com is an E-zine that offers something for everyone and has over one million subscribers. His most recent published works are as follows: "If I Were An Eagle Book One" ISBN: 1-930586-45-0 (Novel) "If I Were An Eagle Book One" ISBN: 1-4196-7072-7 (Novel/Revised) "If I Were An Eagle Book Two" ISBN: 1-1-4196-7073-5 (Novel) "Nature's Echoes" ISBN 1-58235-135-X (Anthology of Poets and their Poetry) "The Best Poems & Poets of 2002" ISBN 0-7951-5175-6 (Anthology of Poets and their Poetry)