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Firstborn by Lindsay McKenna released on May 25, 2004 is available now for purchase.
304 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2004
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Lindsay McKenna
359 books2,500 followersI've lived six lives in one and it all shows up in the books I write, one way or another.
I was always a risk taker and broke mustangs at thirteen years old in Oregon. I learn to break them with love, not threat or pain.
At 17 years old, I picked night-crawlers (worms) out in our Oregon orchards from 9pm to midnight, every night. I earned enough money to buy my school clothes and book. I also plunked down $600 to a flight company at the Medford, Oregon airport and asked them to teach me...a girl...to fly. I soloed in 12 hours, which is average. From that time until I left for the US Navy at 18, I had accrued 39 hours of flight time in my Cessna 150 single engine airplane.
I was in the US military and was an AG3 (weather forecaster). There was no airplane club, so I couldn't fly when I was in the Navy. But I could look at the clouds in the sky ;-).
Later, I flew in a B-52 bomber for a day and night mission (18 hours total), a T-38 Talon jet, USAF, where I was riding in a "chase plane" on a test flight in a Dragonfly jet.
I was one of the first AFLA (American Fencing League of America) women fencers to fence with epee and sabre. These weapons were closed to women because they were too 'heavy' for a female to handle. I said baloney and fought the males and won half my bouts. I was part of a surge of women fencers on the East Coast in the 1970's to push for equality in the sport. Together, we changed the sport and changed the mind of the men. Today? In the Olympics? Women now fence in foil, epee and sabre, thanks to what we did as a vanguard showing the world it could be done.
I then became a volunteer firefighter when I was a civilian once more, the first woman in an all - male fire department in West Point, Ohio for three years. I became a local expert not only in firefighting, driving the engine and tanker trunks, but also had training in hazardous material (Reynoldsburg Fire Academy, Columbus, OH).
My books always reflect what I experienced. If you like edgy, gritty, deeply and emotionally intense love stories with sympathetic heroes and heroines, check out my newest series that will be available mid-Oct. 2015, and it incorporates much of what I have lived.
I was always a risk taker and broke mustangs at thirteen years old in Oregon. I learn to break them with love, not threat or pain.
At 17 years old, I picked night-crawlers (worms) out in our Oregon orchards from 9pm to midnight, every night. I earned enough money to buy my school clothes and book. I also plunked down $600 to a flight company at the Medford, Oregon airport and asked them to teach me...a girl...to fly. I soloed in 12 hours, which is average. From that time until I left for the US Navy at 18, I had accrued 39 hours of flight time in my Cessna 150 single engine airplane.
I was in the US military and was an AG3 (weather forecaster). There was no airplane club, so I couldn't fly when I was in the Navy. But I could look at the clouds in the sky ;-).
Later, I flew in a B-52 bomber for a day and night mission (18 hours total), a T-38 Talon jet, USAF, where I was riding in a "chase plane" on a test flight in a Dragonfly jet.
I was one of the first AFLA (American Fencing League of America) women fencers to fence with epee and sabre. These weapons were closed to women because they were too 'heavy' for a female to handle. I said baloney and fought the males and won half my bouts. I was part of a surge of women fencers on the East Coast in the 1970's to push for equality in the sport. Together, we changed the sport and changed the mind of the men. Today? In the Olympics? Women now fence in foil, epee and sabre, thanks to what we did as a vanguard showing the world it could be done.
I then became a volunteer firefighter when I was a civilian once more, the first woman in an all - male fire department in West Point, Ohio for three years. I became a local expert not only in firefighting, driving the engine and tanker trunks, but also had training in hazardous material (Reynoldsburg Fire Academy, Columbus, OH).
My books always reflect what I experienced. If you like edgy, gritty, deeply and emotionally intense love stories with sympathetic heroes and heroines, check out my newest series that will be available mid-Oct. 2015, and it incorporates much of what I have lived.
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November 23, 2020
Jason was a Trayhern, and his father was a high ranking military man. He pulled no bones and gave most of his men a hard time, even his son! So when Jason enlisted he had a big chip on his shoulder and no one wanted to fly with him. So his next commander is a women, and that sets him back a little bit, but he comes to like her and she likes him. But after they had gone out for dinner they were stationed out in Kandahar, anyway they were bombed and both Jason & Annie were hurt bad that they were flown to Germany to be treated. Jason was the worst, he ended up with PTSD and TBI. Annie had a broken arm & her shoulder was dislocated and Annie was raised on a reservation. And she was very pretty.
When you read it, it's truely a love story.
When you read it, it's truely a love story.
September 8, 2018
Lindsay McKenna writes excellent military novels and this was no exception. Incorporating the Apache beliefs along with TBI was very believable. Annie Dazen helped Jason Trayhern to get over traumas he had suffered in his life and made him a great man.
You can't go wrong with a McKenna book if you love military books.
You can't go wrong with a McKenna book if you love military books.
October 14, 2023
The general plotline was going okay but the Native American mysticism was over the top and the inaccuracies were annoying (one should know the rank and promotion structure when you were in the military and write military-themed books).
April 5, 2013
I just loved Jason I read the series where he was kidnapped in the first place with his dad and when you read this book you see just what an effect it had on him! Jason was headed for a dark path if it hadn't been for Annie's love for Jason he would have never survived the injury he suffered! Thanks again Lindsay for another great book!
June 16, 2015
I like Lindsay McKenna and know I am going to read about war and its effects on the people that fight for us.
This one dealt with traumatic brain injury and I was not disappointed. I found it interesting to learn more about the Apache ways of dealing with life.
This one dealt with traumatic brain injury and I was not disappointed. I found it interesting to learn more about the Apache ways of dealing with life.
August 1, 2016
Firstborn
I read this in paperback the other day as I read a bunch of other books over the weekend so I will leave reviews Morgan and Laura Trayhern's first of their children love it when Jason finally finds himself and love and his father again.
I read this in paperback the other day as I read a bunch of other books over the weekend so I will leave reviews Morgan and Laura Trayhern's first of their children love it when Jason finally finds himself and love and his father again.
August 27, 2012
I struggled to get through this book. I do enjoy most of McKenna's books so it was a surprise to struggle along with this one.
March 31, 2015
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All it takes is a good woman or the right woman to turn someone around. I loved the female lead in this book and the since well you will get it to if you read it.
All it takes is a good woman or the right woman to turn someone around. I loved the female lead in this book and the since well you will get it to if you read it.
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May 6, 2015
Mmmm a tratti un po' banale....
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