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    Life Adventure

    By David Barth

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    This is a fiction short story about a family that escaped Hong Kong Island by walking out, after the Japanese occupation in 1941. They gave up their home and all possessions except what they could carry. After they crossed over to the mainland, they continued to walk at night and rest during the day, heading into the interior, far from the Japanese occupiers. One night, they were attacked by robbers who took what little they had. Kind farmers gave them a little food along the way, until they reached a farmer who was a family friend. The story tells what happened to the girl after the War.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Barth
    Release dateDec 14, 2012
    ISBN9781301389803
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    David Barth

    David V. Barth served in the U.S. Navy from 1960 to 1966, was assigned to a nuclear ballistic missile submarine christened by First Lady Jackie Kennedy, made seven patrols during the Cold War, and was on patrols during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The computer training and experience in the Navy prepared him for a career as a mainframe computer programmer/analyst (1967 - 2007). He earned a B.S. degree in aviation management/computer science with highest honors from the Metropolitan State University of Denver (1977), a M.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of Northern Colorado (1982), and a Ph.D. in Computer Management Science from Kennedy-Western University (1995). He earned a pilot’s license and became a flight instructor, teaching part-time (1976 - 2004). He was employed in information technology departments of several Denver banks and worked as a consultant for Perot Systems, Accenture, and Computer Sciences Corporation. He was Assistant Director of the Forney Museum of Transportation in Denver, Colorado (2009 – 2011) where he developed web pages of automobile museum collections at barthworks.com. Since 1961 he has written short stories, both fiction and non-fiction, and is a speaker. He has traveled extensively while pursuing his interests in photography and writing.

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