I just ordered a copy - can't wait to read the "real thing!" Good luck!
Dennis
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Kevin Payne
5/12/2011 12:38:40 am
Hi Pete,
Know it's good enough to actually pay for a copy, Please inscribe mine with one of your usual pithy comments.
Good Luck!
Kevin
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Sue Eident
5/12/2011 12:04:52 pm
Congratulations Pete! It is fantastic!
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Captain Bill Uberti
5/16/2011 11:01:59 pm
Pete: I finished your book and it was absolutely great. I love your sense of humor. You managed to capture in writing what were all thinking. I had an uncle much like your Uncle Frank, and my brother is much like your brothers except I don't get as much abuse since I was the oldest!
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Tom Dorsey
5/21/2011 05:44:58 am
Pete,Those 'Kidd stories are really funny. The chainsaw incicent had me laughing out loud.Tom
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Lilly Wild
5/25/2011 08:12:27 am
You have done an awesome job with the book!!
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Rick Riemer
5/25/2011 08:17:17 am
You have done a fine job, brother
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Dan Neptun
5/26/2011 09:55:46 am
You've done great work here, Peter!
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Dave "Troy" Wise
6/2/2011 07:14:46 am
"Nice job Pete! I really enjoyed reading your new book. Maybe the most enjoyable history book I have ever read. The factual and respectful reporting of the tragedy, coupled with your sense of humor make the book a one of a kind. Having known you since college, I enjoyed the memories of the your family, the Captain Kidd episodes, the toothbrush...I still can't believe you used my toothbrush...that's just wrong!"
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Jill Bernstein
6/16/2011 04:18:04 am
I never would have imagined that "military history" could make for such interesting reading. The author draws on many vignettes from his Cape Cod childhood in a large and active family, as well as his time playing football and working as a bouncer, that led to his eventual service in the Coast Guard. He presents them with such self-deprecating wit, that I found myself chortling aloud at his exploits. He also has a great sense of how diverse aspects of our country's history and the culture of the time converged to make the Coast Guard what it was in 1978, when a routine training exercise went tragically wrong. Eagerly awaiting Eident's next book, whatever the subject might be, I'd settle for sitting by the seaside and hearing whatever yarns he might spin!
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