The Lorin Solo: A Novel [Paperback]

Chuck Edwards (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 18, 2006

A fictional love story that develops under the coverlet of the Concord Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps competitive year 1986 and continues to this day in a unique and sentimental way.

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About the Author

Retired College Professor from UCLA, living in Las Vegas, Nevada and writing constantly. Before teaching on the college level, Chuck spent ten years as a broadcast journalist from Barnwell SC to Miami FL, and finally to Boston, MA. He was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and moved with family to the US in 1955. His thesis screenplay at UCLA, Myron's Ballroom, earned him an Academy Internship at 20th Century Fox on The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. He took a sabatical from teaching for a year to learn more about a newly acquired passion...drum and bugle corps competition...and traveled with the Concord Blue Devils. His novel reflects his passion.

Product Details

• Paperback: 170 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (April 18, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419634526
• ISBN-13: 978-1419634529
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,851,829 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for all Drum Corp fans, April 22, 2008

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S. Stone (Boise, ID USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lorin Solo: A Novel (Paperback)

I saw this book on amazon and I was able to read an exert from the book. It caught my eye and after a few days I decided I had to buy it. Its a touching story that I don't want to give away-- but needless to say I was touched. I grew up more of a fan of the Santa Clara Vanguard, the rivals of the Blue Devils, but this story, though fictional, has given me a new respect for the Blue Devils. For those that love the activity of Drum Corp, a love story that doesn't overshadow the corp aspects of the book, and/or an easy read-- This book is definitely for you.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chuck Edwards died August 12, 2010, October 13, 2010

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Tracy Edwards - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lorin Solo (Hardcover)

Chuck Edwards died on August 12, 2010. He was my father and best friend. I was lucky enough to have traveled with my dad and the Blue Devils while he was researching this book. He fell so in love with drum corps that he decided to start the Hollywood Knights Drum and Bugle Corps. It took three years and his life savings, but he told me he had no regrets. I was in the HK color guard and loved every moment. The Lorin Solo is a love story but it is much more. Anybody that knows anything about drum corps will love this book. As you can tell I am not the writer my father was, I just want everyone to know how much this book meant to him and how drum corps changed and forever touched his life.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a read! What a writer! What a story! MORE! MORE! MORE!, April 28, 2006

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Richard Carbajal "Richard Pimentel Carbajal" (Henderson, NV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lorin Solo: A Novel (Paperback)

There are those few gifted writers who shine to brighten our mundane lives every epoch. THIS IS THE ONE FOR THE NEXT CENTURY. A call to read this first will make you understand why, and thus you will ask not only for more but will be BOASTING that you discovered him. Look out New York BEST SELLER LIST, make room for this and anything this man writes as it will top your lists for years to come.

A SIMPLE bugle starts the story, causing goose bumps to rise from toes to cranium. And as I turned the pages, the delightful way in which his pros drew me in caused a lump that soon wouldn't go away no matter how hard I chocked and swallowed. I read, then I read some more, then the lives in those words became real...I heard, and heard some more, it was as if the sound of this world rang in my ears...I tasted, and yearned for more ...I smelled, and smelled some more, I was there and I wanted to be there and nowhere else. Then as the emotional range drew me further, there was no turning back. I was putty within the Lorin's world as every turn of the page grew into something wonderful. I box of tissues wasn't enough. The phone rang...I ignored it. The boss came to the door, I said I was ill. The day turned into night and as the morning came I couldn't stop until I devoured the last word. Will this make a GREAT MOVIE? Yes, yes, yes and every SMART AGENT will be clamoring to bring it to the BIG SCREEN. Leaving us with wanting more, more, more.

Mr. Edwards, if you would please write a sequel, heck write anything and make sure to let me know as I will forever be a fan of your work. You took to long in coming out with this MAGNIFICENT STORY. You had me with Snow Shadows, a masterpiece in itself, and now I'm no longer able to wait for too long for another CLASSIC. So, hurry with the next will you!