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Whirling Fire

Life was simple – living in bunkers, bathing out of wells, avoiding booby traps – but advisors learned that the Vietnamese culture was deep, rich and complex. Poetry.

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Jack Lyndon Thomas

Jack Lyndon Thomas has published an illustrated book of poetry, Whirling Fire (1997), as well as his memoir, Coyote Jack: Drawing Meaning from Life and Vietnam (2006), both works based upon his Vietnam experiences, which included earning The Bronze Star Medal for Heroism in Ground Combat, The Bronze Star Medal (First Oak Leaf Cluster) for Meritorious Achievement in Ground Operations Against Hostile Forces, and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, while serving as an infantry officer/advisor to South Vietnamese militia. In October 1996 he paid a return visit to his operating area. He has shaped his first novel, The Monsoon Killed the Tiger, which was named a finalist in the 2001 Houston Writers Conference mystery/suspense category, and is writing a second work of suspense fiction.

In 2003 Thomas concluded a 105-day, 18,000-mile motorcycle journey and has written Lights on the Water/Depressions in the Sand: A Motorcycling Odyssey, a memoirist piece about that adventure. Also, he has completed Training Runs, a collection of fourteen motorcycling journals that focus on the regenerative power found in traveling remote back roads, and has been published in motorcycle magazines such as Rider and BMWON. Additionally, the Houston Tribune published in its January 2001 issue his essay about miscreant youths in ’50s suburban Houston, Texas, and in the fall of 2001, a prose poem and a short fiction piece appeared in Suddenly IV, an anthology of Texas writers.

Thomas has been interviewed on both radio and television and has appeared as a paid performer reading selections from Whirling Fire.

As a photographer, he has exhibited in juried art shows in Round Top and Salado, Texas, and was the July 1999 featured photographer/artist at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Houston. Previously, the author was a CPA and served as chief financial officer for two medium-sized companies based in his hometown. The native Houstonian is the father of two grown daughters.

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