Jack Wells, Author



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Jack Wells, Author
 

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Jack L. Wells

aka: CDR Jack L. Wells, USN (Ret)

email jack@jackwellsauthor.com or direct (prefered) jlwsail@tampabay.rr.com

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Jack's 2010 Book Awards

Welcome to Jack's Website.  Here you will find information about the books, excerpts from the first book, photos, and links to Navy and destroyer historic sites. The second book, PAPER DRAGON, WOODEN SHIP is now published.  Both book I and book II are available through buybooksontheweb.com. As of March 1, 2010 the third book, "Breath of the Choson Dragon" was published and is available through Amazon.com.  In December 2010 Jack's non-fiction book ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT: An Irreverent Primer was published. See the "Other Books" page.

NEWS: Breath of the Choson Dragon is now available on Kindel!  Breath of the Choson Dragon and Paper Dragon, Wooden Ship have been awarded medals in the 2010 Military Writer's Society of America Awards Competition. Breath of the Choson Dragon received the GOLD MEDAL in the Mystery/Thriller category and Paper Dragon, Wooden Ship received the BRONZE MEDAL in the US Navy category.  The society consists of 900 members who concentrate their writing on military topics. Awards were given out October 2, 2010 at the annual convention - in Pittsburg, PA. This is quite an honor to have two books selected as finalists and have both win an award and I am grateful to the officers and staff of MWSA for the recognition. Another flash!  Breath of the Choson Dragon was also selected for a SILVER MEDAL in the fiction category by the 2010 Branson Veteran's Week Stars and Flags Book Awards.

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The first book: Quicksilver: a greyhound at sea was published in December 2007 and deals with life aboard a US Navy destroyer during the Vietnam War.

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The second book Paper Dragon, Wooden Ship was published in July 2009 and deals with US Navy intelligence ship operations and Vietnam War Market Time and Riverine Operations 1968-1970

Now Published !
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Book III, Breath of the Choson Dragon

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