Favorite Christmas story - "The Shepard" by Fredrick Fosyth

[Lon Moer]

Merry Christmas.

Friday December 22, 2017
'Fireside' Al Maitland reads Frederick Forsyth's The Shepherd

[old iron]

Yes, a beautiful story.

And about aircraft and pilots.

[seagull61785]

Can't agree more. A beautiful story - well told and well researched.

My only criticism? - much too short. After you finish reading it you are left with the feeling of wanting more. A real shame it didn't go on for a few more chapters.

Happy New Year to all WIXers.

Barry

[Mossie]

Yes, a great read !

[wendovertom]

This is a great story - it would make an excellent short film as long as it was done properly.

Tom P.

[Lon Moer]

Merry Christmas.

The link in the first post is a sound file, you can open it and listen to the story while your here on WIX.

[JohnB]

I have read a that it was written as a Christmas present for his wife.
In doing so, he gave all of us a wonderful holiday gift.

Now if I could only get my wife to believe my articles on classic cars are her Christmas present, I could get out of paying $100 for an ounce (actually .7 ounce) of her Chanel perfume.

Happy Holidays

[JohnB]

Okay, I'm lost.

[Lon Moer]

Okay, I'm lost.

Russian spam bot selling stolen US vehicles in Russia

[JohnB]

Okay, I'm lost.

Russian spam bot selling stolen US vehicles in Russia

Oh, as long as it's legit...

[Steve Nelson]

I remember first stumbling across the book when I was in elementary school in the mid 70s. I really enjoyed it. I knew what a Mosquito was, but had never heard of a Vampire. The edition I read also had some beautiful pencil-drawing illustrations. I'm gonna have to get a copy one of these days.

SN

[p51]

The problem with groundbreaking stories is too many derivative stories of the same type came afterward, so people wouldn't be impressed with any film version today.
Sort of like all the 'Scrooge' stories today, people are of a 'been there-done that' mindset and have seen the overall concept countless time before...

[Lon Moer]

Merry Christmas.

The link in the first post is a sound file, you can open it and listen to the story while your here on WIX.

Merry Christmas.

[Mossie]

Yes great read and Frederick Forsyth actually flew Vampires as an RAF pilot

[L-188]

Okay, I'm lost.

Russian spam bot selling stolen US vehicles in Russia[/quote
Did they drive em to Russia? Those are gonna be high miles. I'm gonna want to see the carfax.