Description
This book is about a young man from Texas who goes to Iran for a job promotion and gets swept up in a great adventure. It's an action/adventure novel about money, temptation, love, tragedy, and in the end, hope. This book also concerns the beauty of Iran, its people, and its culture. The author lived with the Persians, worked with them, learned their language, and he grew comfortable with their culture. He would live and work in downtown Tehran during the Iranian Revolution until the US Air Force evacuated him on a C-130 flight to Athens.
John Robert Tipton grew up near Gladewater in the East Texas Oilfield. In 1967 he received a BA in history from The University of Texas in Austin. He worked in the Mideast for two major aircraft manufacturers. He worked for Bell Helicopter Textron while living in Tehran, Iran, and he worked for the Northrop Corporation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is now retired and living in Southern California near San Diego.
Author: John Robert Tipton
Publisher: Aspire Publishing Hub, LLC
Published: 07/27/2022
Pages: 214
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d
ISBN13: 9781958692141
ISBN10: 195869214X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Science Fiction | Action & Adventure