"Threads of Honor is an inspiring portrayal of the truimph of the human spirit. Gordon Ryan has done a masterful job"
U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch
". . . I felt the cartilage in my back stretching and it struck me that I had never stood so tall - that after twenty years in a military uniform, the proudest moment of my life had come while wearing a Scoutmaster's uniform, standing beside that flag."
Major William Tolbert, USAF, Ret.
"A 'must-read' book for all American Citizens. I have both seen and touched the flag that is the 'hero' in Threads of Honor. I have read the book twice and shed tears both times. A 'must-read' book for all American Citizens."
Reader
"A moving, inspiring story, a "must read" This is one of the best books I have ever read. My husband is in the US Army, and our country and it's flag hold a deep respect and meaning for me. I am thankful for Gordon Ryan for writing this story..." Reader
The basic story contained in this fictional account is true. The Boy Scout troop and the Scoutmaster
are real. The American space program successes and tragedies are also real. And the flag is real. It matters little who the real people in the story are, but rather, what they are. We owe a lot to such people. For as long as they exist, our choices — and our freedom — will be preserved and remain the cornerstone of our progress.
Perhaps it is only in a nation which offers choice that man is able to reach his potential. In the final analysis, the restriction of ones’ ability to choose confines the soul, and limits the ability to learn, through the exercise of choice — either right or wrong. For it is not so much what we believe, as how we adhere to those precepts, that determines our character.
I came of age in the sixties — an eclectic era when one was forced to make moral choices about life. Many of those making the choices failed to realize that the mere fact that we had choices made it a glorious age. Over the years, living and working in many foreign nations, I became increasingly aware of how truly blessed was our home land and how appreciative I was of the choices my nation had afforded me.
Threads of Honor is my expression of gratitude to those who have sacrificed along the path and to those who continue to pave the way ahead.
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