February 2009
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
9h 56m
English
William R. Stanek (http://www.williamstanek.com/) was born in Burlington, Wisconsin, where he attended public schools, including Janes Elementary School in Racine, Wisconsin. He is the second youngest of five children. After a career in the military, he settled in Washington State, having been captivated by the rugged beauty of the Pacific Northwest.
In 1985 he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and entered a two-year training program in intelligence and linguistics at the Defense Language Institute. After graduation he served in various field operations duties in Asia and Europe. In 1990 he won an appointment to Air Combat School and shortly after graduation served in the Persian Gulf War as a combat crewmember on an electronic ...