Roald Dahl is a name that is more often associated with Oompa Loompas and giant peaches than aerial combat but during World War II it was all hands on deck and Roald Dahl was no exception. So this month in A Writer’s Tale we delve into the world of Roald Dahl-Fighter Ace. In 1939 Dahl was working for Shell Oil in what is now Tanzania. When war looked to be inevitable Dahl enlisted himself in military service. After a brief stint as a Lieutenant in the King’s African Rifles Dahl signed up for the Royal Air Force attending flight school…
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A Writer’s Tale- Hunter S. Thompson
“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.” -Hunter S. Thompson Today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of one of the great American writers of the twentieth century and the Father of Gonzo Journalism. What better way to honor such a master of the craft than to focus on his exploits for our first “A Writer’s Tale” segment. Now the purpose of these posts is not to provide you with a general biography of a specific author, after all you have Wikipedia for that, but rather to tell you…