An Indomitable Spirit: Stories About Life by Sidney D. Lowe, Son of the Mountains, Marine and Navy Vet

“I was born at Gandeeville, Roane County, West Virginia, on March 28, 1925, the seventh child of Thomas Hoyt and Myrtle (Boggs) Lowe.” From the time he was a child, Sidney Dale Lowe faced unimaginable obstacles: the loss of his mother at thirteen, his home burning to the ground at fifteen, and the loss of a sister and two of her children in another house fire. At seventeen, expelled unfairly from school, he walked off his school grounds straight to the U.S. Marine Corps recruitment center—and into adulthood. He was shipped from boot camp directly to American Samoa and one of the most gruesome battles of World War II, the Battle of Tarawa. We know of these things because Sidney was a prolific writer and storyteller, who captured his life experiences on the page in a way that reveals not only important events of his life, but the kind of man he was. In An Indomitable Spirit, we read about the mountain boy growing up in rural West Virginia during the Depression, the marine who learned firsthand the realities and horrors of war, the coal miner, the family man, and the adventures of a navy chaplain at sea. We learn that ships can be “happy” or “unhappy”—from a man who served aboard twenty-eight vessels in twenty-six years at sea. We also get to witness the profound struggle of a man struck down by stroke late in life, whose indomitable spirit gave his family the chance to spend ten precious years with him, in New Mexico and Kentucky, both as caretakers and recipients of his grace and inspiration. Before he died, his daughter Linda Lowe promised her dad that she would put his vignettes into a book, to ensure that they would not be lost or forgotten. An Indomitable Spirit is the result—a set of lovingly collected writings that perfectly express the essence of this man‚ whose life blesses the reader with hope and inspiration.
ASIN: B0F273PLNC
VSKU: BVV.B0F273PLNC.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Lowe, Sidney D.|Lowe, Linda
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.