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Rick DeStefanis
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Author: James Lee Burke, Raymond Carver, Lewis Caroll, Combat Veterans
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Rick DeStefanis is an award-winning novelist.
Newspaper carrier, grocery store clerk, land surveyor, machinist (International Harvester), paratrooper (82nd Airborne Division), foundry worker, carpenter, brakeman and conductor (Illinois Central Railroad), deputy sheriff, business owner, house painter, dock worker, truck driver, airline ramp agent, operations manager (FedEx Express), Airline Flight Dispatcher, Area General Manager (General Electric), motorcyclist, skydiver, hunter, fisherman, wildlife photographer....Mississippi author Rick DeStefanis brings a lifetime of experiences to his writing. An avid outdoorsman and military veteran, DeStefanis brings several of these experiences to his books, both in his Vietnam War Series and his Sout ...more
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Raeford’s MVP, The Rest of The Story
Blog Post November 2025 This is my November blog for the faithful readers who find my books worthy of your time. Actually, many of you who send me your comments and post your reviews on Amazon have revealed your recognition of the deeper messages these stories carry. God knows I spent many a night sitting […]
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Specter of Betrayal, The Ghost II: A Vietnam War Story (A Soldier's Heart — Combat in Vietnam Book 5):
"There are a million Stories of Vietnam, this is one of them.
It’s been 55 years for me. Now an old man of 83, my memory is not the best but I still remember the War, the good, the bad and the ugly. Wars by definition are not pleasant. Many on both sid" Read more of this review » |
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| Making Connections: 3042. - THE GOMORRAH PRINCIPLE: A Vietnam Sniper's Story by Rick DeStefanis | 3 | 22 | Apr 15, 2014 05:52AM | |
| Making Connections: 3334. - THE GOMORRAH PRINCIPLE: A Vietnam Sniper's Story by Rick DeStefanis | 1 | 7 | Jul 26, 2014 06:21AM | |
| Making Connections: 3931. MELODY HILL by Rick DeStefanis | 1 | 15 | Aug 11, 2015 12:45PM | |
| Nothing But Readi...: Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2018 | 550 | 951 | Feb 04, 2019 01:28PM | |
| 2026 Reading Chal...: The TBR Jar Challenge - 2018 | 613 | 1860 | May 31, 2019 07:44PM |
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