Jay C. Flippen
1) Hellfighters
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Chance Buckman is a Texan who tames out-of-control oil well infernos in exotic locations around the world. Between blazes, Chance carries the burden for Madelyn, the wife who left him 20 years earlier because of his dangerous lifestyle.
Pub. Date
2003, c1955
Description
A loner and his sidekick figure to get rich quick by selling a herd of cattle at a fancy price in this tale set in the wild gold rush days of Dawson, Yukon Territory. They are soon caught up in a conflict with the local, self-appointed lawman, and his claim-jumping henchmen. A solid western saga set against the colorful, scenic backdrop of Alaskan mining camps.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
It's World War II. Major Dan Kirby (John Wayne) is hard on his marines. His subordinate Captain Carl Griffin thinks the Major is overdoing it, but Kirby proves that there is a method to his madness after all. Director Nicholas Ray incorporates actual battlefield and dogfignt footage.
Pub. Date
2006
Description
They were expendable: Two PT-boat skippers defend the Philippines and give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the crippling losses at Pearl Harbor. Flying Leathernecks: An embattled Marine fighter squadron VMF 247 at Guadalcanal is led by John Wayne and campaigning to coordinate ground combat with low-flying aerial sorties.
7) Wild river
Pub. Date
©2010
Description
A Tennessee Valley Authority administrator must deal with the racial politics of hiring African American workers. He also must evict an old woman from her home, but then he falls in love with her granddaughter.
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