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Barber, F. Eugene

 
9781449057404: Chi Mee: Émigré

Synopsis

Chi Mee: Émigré is set in the 800 years between the last two Ice Ages. A girl and her son leave their camp in the Orient and trek through mountain canyons and plateaus until they reach a friendly camp of Human Beings. They follow the caribou herds and cross the Bering Sea during a freeze. They find themselves in America, following mile-high ice mountains and hunting behind the Buffalo herds. The story is realistic and presents a portrayal of 'what might have happened'.

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Biographie de l'auteur

F. Eugene Barber grew up in the Midwest and worked on farms and ranches until at age seventeen, just out of high school, he enlisted into the Air Force. He served during the Korean War on the B-36 Atomic Bomber Aircraft as an Engine Mechanic, Crew Chief, and Line Chief in the 5th Field Maintenance Squadron at Travis AFB. Using the GI Bill, the former Staff Sergeant earned an AS In Engineering, a BA, and an MBA. He has worked in the Defense, Aerospace, intelligence community, and the military industrial complex most of his adult life and for the last dozen years or so he has consulted on FAA and DoD projects. He recently finished a three-year assignment at the Birks Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB on the Airborne Laser Project, then a year with a large defense firm near Minneapolis working on large gun projects. He just finished a year long assignment at a remote site 90 miles out into the Nevada desert on UAVs in the Special Projects Office. Mr. Barber has worked all over the world; North, South, and Central America, Europe, the UK, Scandinavia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Russian Siberia, South Africa, French Polynesia, mainland China, South Korea, Japan, and Australia. He and his wife, Yvonne, lived for a time in Yorkshire, they now reside in Nevada.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Chi Mee: Émigré is set in the 800 years between the last two Ice Ages. A girl and her son leave their camp in the Orient and trek through mountain canyons and plateaus until they reach a friendly camp of Human Beings. They follow the caribou herds and cross the Bering Sea during a freeze. They find themselves in America, following mile-high ice mountains and hunting behind the Buffalo herds. The story is realistic and presents a portrayal of 'what might have happened'.

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