ROBERT HUDDLESTON, a teenage combat pilot in World War II, now approaches his 101th birthday in 2025. This volume is a collection of his book reviews and esssays. Themes revolve around Bob's remarkable life experiences as a teenage combat pilot during World War II, his subsequent time in various US military and federal government positions, and upon retirement to a life of writing. His writings capture the spirit and the chicanery of twentieth-century American boom times and the dawn of a new century.