The Cave [Paperback]

Sam McGowan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1403302448 | ISBN-13: 978-1403302441 | Publication Date: June 7, 2002

The story of an Air Force enlisted man shot down over Laos during the Vietnam War. A cave explorer and marksman, Samuel Tobin Carter discovers a cave and uses it as sanctuary from which to wage his own personal war.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: 1st Book Library (June 7, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1403302448
• ISBN-13: 978-1403302441
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,567,807 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well, I wrote it!, July 11, 2002

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S. E MCGOWAN "Sam McGowan" (Missouri City, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cave (Paperback)

Since I wrote it, one would expect I would give it 5 stars. But since I have a tendency to be impeccably honest, this is not the necessarily the case. Even though I had read the manuscript through at least a dozen times in editing, etc. as soon as I got my first copy I sat down to read it in book form. And, as a Vietnam veteran and avid reader, I must say I impressed myself! The Cave is, above everything else, a war novel set in the Vietnam War in the skies over Laos and North Vietnam and on the ground in a huge cave discovered by survivor Toby Carter after his C-130 flareship is shot down. Carter has a background in cave exploration and is a country boy from Tennessee and when he finds the cave, he almost feels like he's at home. He despairs of ever being rescued, but then he discovers the means of waging a personal war against the North Vietnamese. Toby Carter is no Sylvester Stallone - he is a down-to-earth country boy just like thousands of others like him who fought the war in Vietnam - but he does have wits and skills that serve him well. The book is an outdoor adventure set in the middle of a war and it even has some psycho-sex thrown in to keep things even more interesting (and, to those who were actually in Thailand, realistic!) This is a book about Southeast Asia written by a Vietnam veteran with other veterans in mind, as well as their families and friends.

5.0 out of 5 stars Memories, October 28, 2003

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Gary Peters (Concord, Ca USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cave (Paperback)

Break right! Break right! No better way to start a noval about the C130A Missions up North and over Trail during the Vietnam War. The author brings back a lot of memories, mixing fact, the Blind Bat / Lamplighter mission and fiction, the exploits of his young hero, Toby Carter. An exciting noval, one you will not want to put down and leaves you waiting for the next episode.

A must read for anyone who served or has an interest in the secret air war over the Trail.

Great job Sam!

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Loadmaster, been there, December 4, 2002

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Sherman R. Pyle (Niceville, Fl USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cave (Paperback)

Great job, very realistic, an outstanding tribute to the Loadmasters who got very little recognition, who without them many a C-130 mission would have never got off the ground. Hang in there Sam, do another one, Loads Clear.