The Colonel's Lady

By A. Robert Hill

The Colonel's Lady is the story of an Air Force fighter pilot who became an ace during the Korean War. He returned home to find his high school and college friends married and as a returning veteran... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595130437
• ISBN13: 9780595130436
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Hero of the Cold War

Colonel Ed Mann comes to life in The Colonel's Lady. A. Robert Hill draws on his own experiences in the Korean Conflict to build an exciting novel that kept me glued until the last spellbinding word! Not only is this a good read but it is a thought provoking book. The U.S. Air Force spent money to hone the hero into a flying ace who because of his love for a woman who defected from Communist Russia, quit his vocation so he could live a life with his lover. The question still comes to my mind, did Ed make the right decision? Without his woman could he have made a greater contribution to aviation? Did he have the right to give up his advocation for a life of marriage fulfillment? Then I realize that aviation is rather fickled. The flyer developes into a machine that can be destroyed with one wrong movement of a lever or pedal. Perhaps after a war and a career in aviation industry perhaps Ed deserved to live out his life in marriage bliss. After you read this well constructed story see what you think. This novel is truly a tribute to the men who flew the planes over Korea to return home to civilans who didn't give a damn for the sacrifices the heroes gave.