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BREAKNECK
Veterinarian Jim Dugan had thought he was planning a weekend camping trip with his family. Their favorite place high in the Colorado mountains was calling Breakneck Pass. Little did he know that his destination was also the hiding place of three escaped convicts who were looking for a way to continue their recently gained freedom. Their unsuspecting prey was bound to come along and offer them food, transportation and lodging, and perhaps even entertainment and hostages if needed. Dugan’s his wife Debbi, his kids Michael and Callie, and his two dogs, Rosie and Blue, mean everything to him and he was about to find out just how much his love and resolve would be tested. In a battle of good versus evil, right versus wrong, and love versus hatred, Breakneck will be the arena that pits the Dugan family against forces that threaten their very lives. Just how far will one man go to get his family back? Dugan will push himself to the edge and win- or die trying.
202 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 13, 2021
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About the author
Eric Michaels
33 books4 followersIn the foreword of Eric's diary, Paul Foss summarised his career in these terms:
"After finishing his doctorate, Eric accepted a fellowship from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies in Canberra to research the impact of television on remote Aboriginal communities - eventually published as The Aboriginal Invention of Television, 1982-86 (Canberra, AIAS, 1986). He remained in the Central/ Western Desert region where he involved himself in claims by Aboriginal media associations for increased local autonomy in video production and circulation (cf. "Aboriginal Content: Who's Got It - Who Needs It", Art & Text, 23-24, 1987; and For a Cultural Future: Francis Jupurrurla Makes TV at Yuendumu, Melbourne, Art & Criticism Monograph Series, Vol. 3, 1988). At the same time, Eric became interested in the new acrylic 'dot paintings' carried out at Yuendumu and Papunya, occasioning the essays "Western Desert Sandpainting and Post-Modernism" (in Warlukurlangu Artists, Kuruwarri: Yuendumu Doors, Canberra, AIAS, 1987) and "Bad Aboriginal Art" (Art & Text, 28, 1988). With these writings, exemplary in their refusal to romanticise indigenous cultures, Eric gained a wide following in Australia for his non-ethnographic approach to Aboriginal video and art."
Michaels, E. (1990). Unbecoming: an AIDS diary. Sydney: Empress Publishing. pp. 12-13.
But, what distinguished Eric's life as much as his brilliant career was its end. Eric was one of the first known residents of Central Australia to die with AIDS. And, in typical style, he did that in a very public and assertive fashion by documenting the last months of his life in a diary that was to be published after he had gone. "Unbecoming" is a remarkable volume. It is a confronting, 'warts and all' account of what seems like everything he did and said and thought as the virus took its final toll.
Eric Michaels home page;
http://astro.temple.edu/~ruby/wava/er...
"After finishing his doctorate, Eric accepted a fellowship from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies in Canberra to research the impact of television on remote Aboriginal communities - eventually published as The Aboriginal Invention of Television, 1982-86 (Canberra, AIAS, 1986). He remained in the Central/ Western Desert region where he involved himself in claims by Aboriginal media associations for increased local autonomy in video production and circulation (cf. "Aboriginal Content: Who's Got It - Who Needs It", Art & Text, 23-24, 1987; and For a Cultural Future: Francis Jupurrurla Makes TV at Yuendumu, Melbourne, Art & Criticism Monograph Series, Vol. 3, 1988). At the same time, Eric became interested in the new acrylic 'dot paintings' carried out at Yuendumu and Papunya, occasioning the essays "Western Desert Sandpainting and Post-Modernism" (in Warlukurlangu Artists, Kuruwarri: Yuendumu Doors, Canberra, AIAS, 1987) and "Bad Aboriginal Art" (Art & Text, 28, 1988). With these writings, exemplary in their refusal to romanticise indigenous cultures, Eric gained a wide following in Australia for his non-ethnographic approach to Aboriginal video and art."
Michaels, E. (1990). Unbecoming: an AIDS diary. Sydney: Empress Publishing. pp. 12-13.
But, what distinguished Eric's life as much as his brilliant career was its end. Eric was one of the first known residents of Central Australia to die with AIDS. And, in typical style, he did that in a very public and assertive fashion by documenting the last months of his life in a diary that was to be published after he had gone. "Unbecoming" is a remarkable volume. It is a confronting, 'warts and all' account of what seems like everything he did and said and thought as the virus took its final toll.
Eric Michaels home page;
http://astro.temple.edu/~ruby/wava/er...
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April 6, 2021
Great debut book!
Eric Michaels has done a superb job with this book. The writing is concise and appropriately detailed. The plot moves along well and kept my interest. I would recommend this to all who love to read.
Eric Michaels has done a superb job with this book. The writing is concise and appropriately detailed. The plot moves along well and kept my interest. I would recommend this to all who love to read.
April 7, 2021
Excellent Read, definitely a page turner!
This book is good read for anyone and especially those with a love of loyal pets, camping and the outdoors.
This book is good read for anyone and especially those with a love of loyal pets, camping and the outdoors.
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