Lebanon-Laclede County Library: I will be

there from 12-5 pm July 10th with several

other authors at the Author's Day to promote,

sell and sign my book. July 11th at the library

I will be attending the Ozarks Writers &

Illustrators Workshop from 8:30 am -3pm:

speakers are J.B. Cheaney, Lizabeth

Hardman and Louise Jackson.

My book, Submarine Stories of World

War II for ages ten and up.

Review by Max McCoy author of Hellfire Canyon: A fascinating

series of vignettes about the war beneath the waves during

World War II, as told by the men who fought it. Only the

submariners could describe how it feels to hear mine cables

skitter along the hull or the whooshing sound when the boat

buries itself in the sandy bottom to hide from Japanese

destroyers.

Mary Nida Smith has done a fine job collecting theses largely

untold stories from the silent service.

Conner and Davis, two young grade school boys wrote a

note to me and said: I will forever continue thinking

your book is awesome!

Review by Deborah Edmonds, Children's Librarian, Baxter

County Library:

Mary Nida Smith has compiled a set of personal experiences

from submarine veterans of World War II that should not only

speak to family members of the Silent Service. Her book also

informs the rest of the population of the thoughts and feelings

of these brave men who served under the seas to

protect our country with no guarantee that they would resurface.