Books with author Richard M. Davidson

Ride along, as the author flies the dangerous skies of North Vietnam to rescue downed American pilots during the Vietnam War. Eavesdrop, as a father recounts to his adult children, his exploits as a 'Jolly Green' combat rescue helicopter pilot. Be there, to see what it was really like during 107 combat missions and the 7 rescues that saved 9 stranded men. Feel what it meant to save a life and God's majestic intervention that saved his own life. You will experience heart pounding action in Vietnam Air Rescues.

This novel is the 2018 First Place Winner of the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards in the E book Mystery category.The book tells the story of two young New York City attorneys who are asked to investigate a matter in Georgia for their senior partner and his client. It involves a legend of the Cherokee Nation regarding a formula, and a potion made from the formula, that prolongs the natural lifespan. Other competitors also have heard about the legend and the purported existence of the potion, so there is competition to find the formula first among a major pharmaceutical company, representatives of the Cherokee Nation, and perhaps some unknown killers. The pursuit of the mystery on behalf of the firm's client leads to twists and turns before unexpected dangers arise for the two young attorneys. It is a legal thriller, love story, and exciting action drama right to the end.

A preacher battles a bear, a mother returns from the dead, and a clever servant conducts a Big Feet Contest in this rich anthology of African-American folklore. Scores of humorous and harrowing stories, collected during the mid-twentieth century, tell of talking animals, ghosts, devils, and saints.The first part of the book provides a setting for the fables, in which folklorist Richard M. Dorson discusses their origins and the artistry of storytellers. The second part consists of the tales, which include the adventures of Old Marster and John, supernatural episodes, and comical and satirical anecdotes as well as more realistic accounts of racial injustice. Recounted in the actual words of the narrators, the folktales abound in bold language, memorable imagery, and bittersweet humor that reflect the essence of African-American storytelling traditions.

This book tells the story of two young New York City attorneys who are asked to investigate a matter in Georgia for their senior partner and his client. It involves a legend of the Cherokee Nation regarding a formula, and a potion made from the formula, that prolongs the natural lifespan. Other competitors also have heard about the legend and the purported existence of the potion, so there is competition to find the formula first among a major pharmaceutical company, representatives of the Cherokee Nation, and perhaps some unknown killers. The pursuit of the mystery on behalf of the firm's client leads to twists and turns before unexpected dangers arise for the two young attorneys. It is a legal thriller, love story, and exciting action drama right to the end.

A preacher battles a bear, a mother returns from the dead, and a clever servant conducts a Big Feet Contest in this rich anthology of African-American folklore. Scores of humorous and harrowing stories, collected during the mid-twentieth century, tell of talking animals, ghosts, devils, and saints.The first part of the book provides a setting for the fables, in which folklorist Richard M. Dorson discusses their origins and the artistry of storytellers. The second part consists of the tales, which include the adventures of Old Marster and John, supernatural episodes, and comical and satirical anecdotes as well as more realistic accounts of racial injustice. Recounted in the actual words of the narrators, the folktales abound in bold language, memorable imagery, and bittersweet humor that reflect the essence of African-American storytelling traditions.

Eavesdrop, as a father recounts to his adult children his exploits as an Air Force "Jolly Green" combat rescue helicopter pilot in Vietnam. BE THERE to see what it was really like RIDE ALONG and determine what you would have done when another man's life was literally hanging in the balance FEEL what it meant to save a life, and what it meant to lose one EXPERIENCE heart pounding action in Vietnam Air Rescues

Folklore as it comes from the mouths of living storytellers has a matchless authority and conviction. Richard Dorson, living for five months among the Indians, Finns, Canadiens, Cornishmen, lumberjacks, sailors, miners, and sagamen of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, has listened to their tales, which this book reproduces with all their native thunder and salt. With this lively evidence he proves that America still has its myth-makers and purveyors of myth, who represent, both ethnically and historically, an enormous range of traditional oral folklore.We meet the Chippewa and Potawatomi Indians, who tell their own heroic versions of the wars with the white men, and whose chief delight is to relate the adventures of the folk hero, Winabijou. For them, as for the French-Canadians and Finns, magical beliefs have been part of their daily education and entertainment. Each group has its own version of European folk tales: the old fairy stories find new form as dragons are conquered with razors and soap, and giants talk in the idiom of the backwoods and pioneer towns.Some of these myths center around imaginary and semi-imaginary folk heroes; others spring from local politics, and even more from local occupations. The woods tales of lumberjacks, the tragic mysteries of the mines, the weird adventures on the Lakes, each kind of tale has its representative teller. Sometimes the raconteur's most exciting fables concern his own wonderful exploits―with women, drink, and wicked employers. Rooted deep in storytelling tradition, these tales hark back to the frontier and immigrant past of an America shaped by many peoples with extraordinary experiences.Mr. Dorson provides, in his introduction, a simple account of the idea behind the book and his methods of procuring the tales, in concise and closely written notes at the end of the book he furnishes annotations to the tales which should satisfy and stimulate every folklorist, professional or otherwise. Mr. Dorson did much of the fieldwork for this book under a Library of Congress Fellowship; he has also held a Harvard Sheldon Traveling Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Faculty Study Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies.