James III: Back Where I Belong

by Jack Beddall

The seventh book in the Stinson Family Saga follows James William Longley III into World War I. The death of his Aunt, Winnie Mae Stinson nearly twenty years earlier in the Spanish American War is both a motivation and a hindrance to him. Originally interested in being in the infantry, he is moved into airplane maintenance while still in Basic Training in Washington. In Texas, he becomes more and more interested in how the whole airplane works. By the time he gets to France, which was not soon enough for him, he wants to be a pilot. However. there is an education requirement for pilots which he cannot fulfill. Stilll, by twists and turns of fate, he finds himself at the controls of a plane in which the pilot has been shot over German lines. He manages to get the airplane back to base safely. When the war ends, he knows he still wants to fly, and finds out that the Curtiss Jenny airplanes have a great surplus. He manages to purchase one, and with his friend Abraham Nass, they barnstorm their way back to Idaho, where he discovers again is where he belongs.

231 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 18, 2017