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With the Old Breed - Book Review
Eugene Sledge’s “With the Old Breed,” is a visceral account of his days island hopping across the Pacific as a U.S. Marine in 1944-45.

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Jody Ferguson featured in Shoutout DFW
Author Jody Ferguson was profiled in a recent issue of Shoutout DFW. View the complete story here: https://shoutoutdfw.com/meet-jody-ferg...

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Pilgrim's Progress
While recently watching the Netflix series “The Crown” I was delighted to see a segment where Queen Elizabeth, in a Christmas address to...

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Clark Field
One of the unique lost treasures of old Austin was the baseball diamond known as Clark Field that sat directly across the street from DKR...

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Gold Dust Gang
At the beginning of baseball season each year in April there are no shortage of tributes to Jackie Robinson...

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Mexican Silver Dollar
For well over three hundred years the currency of choice in East and Southeast Asia was the Mexican Silver Dollar...

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Shanghai Slang
In the opening pages of my novel, Above the Water, the protagonist Harry engages in dialogue..,

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Bob Hope
The USO tours that Bob Hope undertook during three consecutive American wars in the mid-20th century...

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White Russians
After the Russian Revolution and the subsequent civil war ended in 1922, large numbers of pro-Tsarist Russians fled abroad to escape...

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Tribeza Magazine
It's exciting to appear in this month's Community + Wellness Issue of Tribeza magazine featuring Virginia Cumberbatch and Meagan Harding...

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Tarrytown News
It was great to open the mailbox and find this article in the February issue of our local Tarrytown newsletter!

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Tom Lea
A painter that I greatly admire is Tom Lea, a native Texan who lived all his life in El Paso.

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March 2, 2021 6:00 p.m. - Headliners Book Club with Jody Ferguson
Austin author, Jody Ferguson will be speaking about his novel, Above the Water at the March 2, 2021 Headliners Book Club

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GI Christmas 1944
Eighty years ago in December 1944, during one of the coldest winters in recorded European history, U.S. service men and women hunkered...

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Pearl Harbor
For most Americans the day WWII began is December 7th, 1941. While the attack was one of the most devastating to ever occur on American soil

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Veteran's Day Book Signing
Join Jody Ferguson for a Book Signing Veteran's Day Wednesday November 11th 4-5:30 PM at Hearth & Soul 2727 Exposition Blvd.

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The Pagoda of Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading (pronounced like the color 'Red') is a small town nestled in the Allegheny foothills of southern Pennsylvania.

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A Soundtrack for Above the Water
Enjoy this Spotify companion Soundtrack to Above the Water

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Shanghai Celebrities
In the first half of the 20th century Shanghai was one of the grand destinations for luxury travelers. Of course, in those days before inter

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Above the Water on Amazon's Hot New Releases List
Jody Ferguson's novel, Above the Water, in Top 10 Amazon Hot New Releases for Historical Russian Fiction

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