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Ed Mitchell

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in Opportunity, WA, The United States

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Ed Mitchell was a foster child who later graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He went on to be an Airborne Infantry Ranger, a RAND Corporation Fellow, an aerospace systems engineer, and a community activist fighting to protect water resources in California. By weaving his real-world experiences from foxhole to space into his adventure/thrillers, Ed became a national award-winning author, an Amazon #1 Bestseller, and bronze winner of the Global Book Awards for self-published historical fiction. As a writer, he is proud of being one of the charter-founding members of the nternational Thriller Writers Organization.

From private to Lieutenant Colonel, Ed served in Airborne, Air Cavalry, Armor, Mechanized Infantry, and light- ...more

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Average rating: 4.43 · 65 ratings · 38 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Centurion Witness 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gold Lust (The Gold Lust Trilogy, #1) 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Camel (The Gold Lust Series, #5) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Destiny Relic (The Gold Lust Series, #4) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gold Raid (The Gold Lust Series, #2) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gold Fire (3) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gold Lust Series 3-in-1 Bundle 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Camel (The Gold Lust Series, #5) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Impossible Proof – A Testimonial

One winter afternoon at our house, my wife Jo Anna asked me to take her to the hospital. It was the first-time during years of marriage that she ever made such a request, despite previous major operations, including three open heart surgeries. I carried her to my pickup truck and raced to the hospital. There, …

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