Jon and Teresa ZacheryJ.J. ZERR
Jon and Teresa Zachery J.J Zerr is the go-to author for anyone seeking a thrilling and thought-provoking read. With a variety of genres to choose from, his books are sure to leave you eagerly turning the pages to see what happens next.
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My Mourning Cuppa Joe
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After his US Navy service, Eddie Walsh worked as a manager in the aerospace industry. A year after he retired, he received a phone call from one of his subordinates in that final job. Amazing Stace. Her voice was slurred. Eddie asked, “Stace, are you drunk?” She hung up. It turned out, Stace had just OD’ed on sleeping pills. Did she call seeking help? Or to say goodbye? He’d failed her with his turn-off question.
Eddie was a coffee drinker and had collected mugs with the emblems of all the Navy units he’d served in as well as the civilian programs. The mugs were in a box in the basement, and in looking for the Stacey mug, he came across others which resurrected memories of other people he’d let down.
The Land of Blood and Bullets
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In 1858, members of Found Grace Church moved from northeastern Illinois to Kansas and established New Found Grace Church and the town of Brotherton. There, they fought off a number of attacks by rabid anti-abolitionists, and Brotherton grew as Emigrant Aid Society sponsored east coast residents joined them. Then the citizens of Brotherton voted for Kansas to enter the Union as a free state, not one supporting the abomination of slavery.
What Am I?
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Eighty-year-old Eddie Walsh receives an email asking if he ever volunteered for something no one else wanted to do. He answers the question in one hundred words, but then he thinks about a number of extraordinary occurrences that led to that opportunity to volunter. He starts writing about those and produces a novella length answer to the original question.
The Holey Land
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In 1858, members of Found Grace Church launched a Holy Crusade to travel from Illinois to Kansas in order to fight the abomination of slavery and cast votes to join the state to the Union as free. In 1859, they fight to protect the town of Brotherton (Fictional) from pro-slavery maraiuders bent on their destruction. To the people of Brotherton, their crusade brought them not to a Holy Land, rather to a Holey Land, one full of bullet holes.
The North
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Navy lieutenant Jon Zachery is making a second deployment to Vietnam as a carrier pilot. On his first cruise, most of his combat missions involved bombing trees, making toothpicks. The Intel Officers are saying this second deployment will not invelve making toothpicks. They will be flying UP NORTH, where they shoot everything, including the kitchen sink, at you. At home Teresa worries and waits. And prays.
Who Am I
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Five year-old Eddie Walsh thinks he’s special. As he journeys through grade and high schools, he finds out why he was special, and by the time he is able to answer: Who Am I.
Addison J. Freeman Stories
Holy Crusade
In 1858, Found Grace Church in northeastern Illinois decides to relocate to Kansas. There they will vote to keep the state free, rather than allow it to fall to those who supported the abomination of slavery. The pastor, Preacher Larrimer, declares the wagon train trip a Holy Crusade. Eighteen-year-old Addison John Freeman has another concern. He wants to marry Lizbeth, and he is sure she is attracted to him, too. But he needs his father’s permission.
The Holey Land
In 1858, members of Found Grace Church launched a Holy Crusade to travel from Illinois to Kansas in order to fight the abomination of slavery and cast votes to join the state to the Union as free. In 1859, they fight to protect the town of Brotherton (Fictional) from pro-slavery maraiuders bent on their destruction. To the people of Brotherton, their crusade brought them not to a Holy Land, rather to a Holey Land, one full of bullet holes.
The Land of Blood and Bullets
In 1858, members of Found Grace Church moved from northeastern Illinois to Kansas and established New Found Grace Church and the town of Brotherton. There, they fought off a number of attacks by rabid anti-abolitionists, and Brotherton grew as Emigrant Aid Society sponsored east coast residents joined them. Then the citizens of Brotherton voted for Kansas to enter the Union as a free state, not one supporting the abomination of slavery.
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My Mourning Cuppa Joe
After his US Navy service, Eddie Walsh worked as a manager in the aerospace industry. A year after he retired, he received a phone call from one of his subordinates in that final job. Amazing Stace. Her voice was slurred. Eddie asked, “Stace, are you drunk?” She hung up. It turned out, Stace had just OD’ed on sleeping pills. Did she call seeking help? Or to say goodbye? He’d failed her with his turn-off question.
Eddie was a coffee drinker and had collected mugs with the emblems of all the Navy units he’d served in as well as the civilian programs. The mugs were in a box in the basement, and in looking for the Stacey mug, he came across others which resurrected memories of other people he’d let down.
Eddie Walsh Stories
My Mourning Cuppa Joe
After his US Navy service, Eddie Walsh worked as a manager in the aerospace industry. A year after he retired, he received a phone call from one of his subordinates in that final job. Amazing Stace. Her voice was slurred. Eddie asked, “Stace, are you drunk?” She hung up. It turned out, Stace had just OD’ed on sleeping pills. Did she call seeking help? Or to say goodbye? He’d failed her with his turn-off question.
What Am I?
Eighty-year-old Eddie Walsh receives an email asking if he ever volunteered for something no one else wanted to do. He answers the question in one hundred words, but then he thinks about a number of extraordinary occurrences that led to that opportunity to volunter. He starts writing about those and produces a novella length answer to the original question.
Who Am I
Five year-old Eddie Walsh thinks he’s special. As he journeys through grade and high schools, he finds out why he was special, and by the time he is able to answer: Who Am I.
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Book One: The Ensign Locker
Ensign Jon Zachery does not intend to make a career in the US Navy. He intends to serve his time, get out, get a job, and live happily ever after with his wife Teresa and daughter Jennifer. Anti-war protestors shattered the dream on the Night of the Dog Poop.
Book Two: Sundown Town Duty Station
Anti-war protestors said, “Hell no, we won’t go.” Lieutenant (junior grade) Jon Zachery said, “I will.” He and his wife Teresa expected flight training in Meridian, Mississippi, to be tough. They did not expect the KKK to terrorize them and their two small children.
Book Three: The Junior Officer Bunkroom
Lieutenant Jon Zachery’s carrier brings him to the Tonkin Gulf in the fall of 1970. The missions he flies are piece-of-cake milk runs. He thinks it’s not much of a war. Back home, his wife Teresa worries like it’s one heck of a war. On the last flight of the cruise, it turns out Teresa wasn’t worried near enough.
Book Four: A Ticket to Hell on Other Men’s Sins
After the 1970/71 deployment to Vietnam, Lieutenant Jon Zachery’s squadron is scheduled to decommission. Teresa is overjoyed he will not fly more combat missions. But the US Navy has another idea. Jon and his squadron will return to Nam. During preps for the deployment, Jon winds up doing more fighting than he had over Vietnam and Laos, and this with his own squadron-mates. Meanwhile, Teresa, pregnant with their third child, is hospitalized in hopes of preventing a miscarriage. Peacetime is hell, Jon Zachery thinks.
Book Five: The North
Navy lieutenant Jon Zachery is making a second deployment to Vietnam as a carrier pilot. On his first cruise, most of his combat missions involved bombing trees, making toothpicks. The Intel Officers are saying this second deployment will not involve making toothpicks. They will be flying UP NORTH, where they shoot everything, including the kitchen sink, at you. At home Teresa worries and waits. And prays.
The Fifth Jon and Teresa Zachery Story is Here!
The North
Navy lieutenant Jon Zachery is making a second deployment to Vietnam as a carrier pilot.
On his first cruise, most of his combat missions involved bombing trees, making toothpicks.
The Intel Officers are saying this second deployment will not invelve making toothpicks.
They will be flying UP NORTH, where they shoot everything, including the kitchen sink, at you.
At home Teresa worries and waits. And prays.
Other Published Books
Holy Crusade
In 1858, Found Grace Church in northeastern Illinois decides to relocate to Kansas. There they will vote to keep the state free, rather than allow it to fall to those who supported the abomination of slavery. The pastor, Preacher Larrimer, declares the wagon train trip a Holy Crusade. Eighteen-year-old Addison John Freeman has another concern. He wants to marry Lizbeth, and he is sure she is attracted to him, too. But he needs his father’s permission. After Pa refuses, Addison spends the night in despair rather than in sleep. A dozen wagons embark on the journey, but their progress is excruciatingly slow. Larrimer appoints Joshua Reedley as Wagon Master, and just in time. Not only does he spur the crusaders to make more miles every day, he knows how to organize defense against abolitionist haters. The crusaders encounter a number of these on the way to their destination, but it is nothing compared to their reception in Bloody Kansas. Addison Freeman turns out to be a good wagon train scout. However, he struggles to get over the loss of Lizbeth, and wonders if he will ever find a woman to love, who will love him in return.
Who Am I
Five year-old Eddie Walsh thinks he’s special. As he journeys through grade and high schools, he finds out why he was special, and by the time he is able to answer: Who Am I.
Guerilla Bride
It is 1860, and Emerson Sharp has grown from a boy into a handsome man. Ever since he can remember, his father has governed every aspect of his life.
The Ghost of Chateau du Chasse
Bill Marshall is a senior US Navy fighter pilot, who will not make admiral. During his career, he spoke his mind too often to the wrong superior officers.
War Stories
Joe Bob is a pilot who has been taught everything about flying from his war veteran father. Two weeks before Joe Bob is set to leave for college and the United States Navy ROTC program, his pop purposely pilots his plane into power lines and kills himself.
Noble Deeds
Navy Captain Pete Adler has arrived at the pinnacle of a US Navy career. He is the commanding officer of an aircraft carrier.
The Happy Life of Preston Katt: A Novel
it is December 7, 1941, in Pearl Harbor when Seaman Second Class Preston Katt sneaks back aboard the USS Callahan after a night of debauchery with a fellow trouble-seeking seaman. After a short night, Katt awakens with a hangover. Two hours after reveille, the Japanese attack.
