A late Father's day present from my son Nathaniel is the book Liberty by the artist Don Troiani. Its a collection of some of his battle and soldier paintings. A nice coffee style book its perfect for relaxing with a cup if coffee and being inspired to paint or set up your next battle. Each section has a different author writing about the event or battle and these are all well done and interesting. I was especially delighted to see an old friend from my Park Service days, Anthony Wayne Tommell who wrote the section on the second battle of Saratoga. I had worked on details with Tony at both Saratoga and Fort Stanwix. He us an outstanding authority on the campaign and over the years I had learn a lot from him. So its especially great to see he us still doing great work.
Very nice Mark. How is your health?
ReplyDeleteWaiting for the results of my MRI and MRI-A. They saw something on the last CT and need more info. Sigh.
DeleteSounds like a good book....will look that one up.
ReplyDeleteHope you're keeping well.
Great to hear from you and thank you!
DeleteA great present Mark - Don Troiani is a pretty good military artist and the timing is appropriate as you will be celebrating your national holiday come Monday the 4th. Hope you are still making good progress in your recovery.
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear from you and yes its a great present.
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