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90 Day Wonder-Darkness Remembered [Kindle Edition]

Leon Cooper (Author), Don Tait (Author)
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Hello and Congratulations! I am writing with good news. Your book (90 Day Wonder) has been named a Finalist in the History/Historical Non-Fiction category of the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards! C. Goulet, Awards Administrator, www.IndieBookAwards.com

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During WWII, Leon Cooper, the author, serves on a ship commanded by a "mustang," a long-serving enlisted man who bitterly resents "gentlemen" college graduates who, like Cooper, were commissioned after only 90 days' training. While serving as the ship's JAG (Judge Advocate General) Cooper decides finally to challenge the Captain's harsh and unreasonable punishment as the sailors are brought to trial at Captains Mast. In mounting anger, the Captain despatches Cooper and some of his shipmates to carry out a reckless command. All die except Cooper. Civilian Cooper feels he must even the score with his former Captain and see that justice is done, but he has to promise his dying wife "to leave vengeance to the Lord." In a bizarre turn of events, Cooper is able to keep his promise to his wife, while the Captain spends the rest of his life in torment, fearing that Cooper will disclose the Captain's "dirty secret" to the world.









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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 335 KB
  • Print Length: 330 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1410728757
  • Publisher: 90 Day Wonder Publishing (6 Feb 2008)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B0037UY5N8
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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By Detra Fitch TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
Co-author Leon Cooper recounts his experiences as a U.S. Naval officer during World War II. The story goes backwards and forwards in time, but mainly begins around the time Pearl Harbor was bombed. The reader glimpses several key people in Cooper's life, such as Lt. Commander Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Then there is Captain Boda of the Harry Lee who took an instant dislike of Cooper and began to make life very difficult. In fact, Boda is to Cooper what Vader is to Luke, a dark and maleficent force that needed to be reckoned with.

Then there is the return to civilian life. With all he has witnessed, Cooper and Alberta (the love of his life) must somehow cope with not only the events during Cooper's military time, but also events from his childhood.

***** If you enjoy reading about history, biographies, or just the events around the WW II era, then I strongly recommend this novel!

Authors Leon Cooper and Don Tait have done an excellent job in blending Cooper's military time, home life, and even his childhood days into a riveting story for readers. An outstanding piece of work! *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
It Aint Neccessarily So 4 Aug 2003
By Stephen J. Wersan - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
... it's a good read, especially for denizens of a Navy town and also for those who, after seeing the movie, enjoy boasting that they read the book.

The book purports to be the Cooper's autobiography covering the period starting with his senior year at the University of Illinois just before Pearl Harbor, continuing through his Navy service as a landing craft officer in the Pacific during World War II, and examining with especial vigor how the psychological trauma of this experience affected his post-war life.

Why do I say "purports" ? Well, a part of the reason is that I have insights gained from talking with Cooper's sister. These insights cast doubt on the truthfulness or accuracy of some of the incidents reported - having an engineering degree - meeting future bride Alberta in D.C. - having pre-marital sex with her - attacking the Admiral Boda's Buick in downtown Washington - talking his way aboard the Potomac (President Truman's yacht) armed and intending to kill this same admiral - the pickup scene in Hollywood. When questioned by his sister about some of these discrepancies, Cooper reportedly waved his arm and claimed "poetic license."

However, I believe it is more than poetic license. This is a book that screams out "Make me into a movie!" Witness co-author, Don Tait. This is not an "as told to" co-author. No, this is an experienced TV and movie writer (Maverick, Bonanza, Mr. Roberts) who has been brought in to enhance and perhaps concoct scenes that will sell the book as a movie. When is the last time you saw a movie without a sex scene?

Yes, but even the best movie biopics (a film or television biography) often have fictionalized, exaggerated, or time-disordered episodes - Patch Adams - for example. What remains is a basic core of truth. In this case that core is that sometimes malign tyrants cum martinets are placed in command of men and ships, that this error leads to unnecessary deaths and long-term, post-war psychological problems for the surviving subordinates. And the Navy looks the other way and brushes all this [stuff] under the rug. I'm sorry to be so blunt. Read the book, and judge for yourselves.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Truth Still Matters 25 Aug 2010
By J. E. Shiok - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
In Steven C. Barber's film "Return to Tarawa," which features Leon Cooper's role in the Battle of Tarawa, Mr. Cooper is portrayed as a heroic character who ferried Marines into Tarawa and wounded guys out throughout the 3-day battle in November of 1943. Cooper has said publicly many times he "closed the eyes of the dead" and buried "scores" of his fellow countrymen in the days following the battle.

Unfortunately, in Cooper's own 2003 book, 90 Day Wonder: Darkness Remembered, which has been widely marketed and reviewed as "true to life" (i.e., a nonfiction memoir), he tells a different tale. In the book version Cooper's Higgins boat was hit and he was returned to a ship and cleared for duty by a Navy doctor. Cooper then ordered a coxswain to bring him to a strip of land far away from the battle for about a week, by which time the fighting and follow-up actions had ended. He'd missed the battle almost entirely and never set foot on Betio, the islet where the fighting took place.

Both accounts cannot be true. If audiences accept the film version then Cooper's own autobiography is a fabrication. That means Cooper knowingly duped readers and allowed them to think it was true. The book conveniently lacks a label as "fiction," "nonfiction," "history," etc., yet reviews on the author's own website clearly indicate that readers view the book as truly an account of the author's life. Mr. Cooper proudly features these reviews to market the book, further promoting the book as a true account. But on the other hand, if audiences accept the book version as fact, then the Barber film cannot possibly be accurate or considered a true documentary. The film then becomes the fabrication.

As we know from recent controversies in the publishing world (e.g., James Frey and the falsehoods of his memoir "A Million Little Pieces"), fiction sold as truth is unacceptable and destroys an author's credibility. If Mr. Cooper's memoir is one such fiction, then his claims in the film, and the many interviews available online with the likes of Katie Couric, Larry King, and others, are impossible to believe.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Thank you for writing and for your service to our country 25 May 2009
By Eileen I. Kane - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
My Dad was a 90 Day Wonder. I read the book to find out more about what he went through and as a tribute to him and his fellow Naval officers. My Dad passed on 02/27/2007; I believe he would have enjoyed reading your book as well.

Thank you again and God Bless you always
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