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    Flight Into Folly
    Flight Into Folly
    Flight Into Folly
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    Flight Into Folly

    By Jon Christensen

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    This is a fictional account of one man's attempt to give some meaning and scope to his life by involving himself in the Vietnam conflict during the dying years of it. As well, it covers the years of tortured regret that followed. To the attuned reader, it will also indicate the parallels between that co

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStratton Press
    Release dateJun 28, 2021
    ISBN9781648954375
    Flight Into Folly
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    Jon Christensen

    Born an only child on the Canadian prairies, I lead a rather solitary life where reading became something of a passion. By the age of fifteen, I had started writing short stories primarily for my own amusement. After moving to the Canadian west coast, graduating from high school and starting a hum-drum work-a-day life, I continued to write short stories to relieve the tedium. It occurred to me only very recently that perhaps others may be amused by them as well.

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