Getting Through

About the Book

Getting Through is the story of an ordinary, undistinguished, retired aeronautical engineer who recounts his experiences from late childhood through an idyllic adolescence, a mediocre public school education, a thwarted flying career, a bitching time in the Air Force, a second-tier now defunct engineering college, a marriage that went bad, and a career of underlying discontent with a few failures and some successes. Included are his father’s life recollections and the authors thoughts on philosophy, religion, nature and nurture, warfare, and the meaning of life—ending with accumulations of life’s journey—things done, places been, best books read, and the distance traveled on planet Earth. Getting Through, replete with wit, wisdom, and ignorance, tells us that no life is ever ordinary and that everyone’s story is worth telling.

About the Author

Robert Taylor is a retired aeronautical engineer. A graduate of Northrop Institute of Technology, following four years in the Air Force as a jet mechanic and crew chief, he worked in the aerospace industry for five years on mostly ballistic missile programs and, for over twenty-seven years, for the Navy on aircraft maintenance engineering and support programs. He has two daughters and four grandchildren. One daughter is a physician assistant, and the other is an attorney. Getting Through was written primarily for the benefit of his daughters and for the personal gratification derived from the writing. He spends his time in retirement, reading, writing, hiking, traveling, and on grandchild care assignments.