A Danish-American Knight’s Reflections

About the Book

Looking back, a lot has happened since Dan graduated from high school. He joined the Navy’s Ready Reserve, went to sea, and visited many med ports. One of his buddies that he went ashore with on liberty was a civilian working on a book about the USS HUNT DD-674, going by the name Andrew Jackson. Dan finished his two years of active duty and got out of the active service to go to college at JU as a business major. Unbeknown to Dan, Professor Wade (a.k.a. Andrew Jackson) worked undercover there as political science professor at JU. Dan entered college, and two and a half years later, President Kennedy was elected in November of 1960 and took office in January of 1961. In March ’61, Russia became the first country to put a man in space. Our president responded with a rousing speech that challenged Russia by saying that we would put the first man on the moon and would do it in ten years. He asked “all Americans to ask not what our country could do for them, but what we could do for our country.”

About the Author

Storyteller Viggo Conradt-Eberlin created an alternative history of military strategy and humanitarianism concern in his debut novel, A Danish Knight and an American Lady. Now he continues the story with Book Two, A Danish-American Knight’s Reflections. Fiction inspired by real life, he uses his own life experiences as the jump point of his creativity. From seaman recruit to full commander, Viggo served in the United States Navy for twenty-four years. A survivor of the Cold War and the second Berlin Crisis, he also served aboard in Vietnam, Gitmo, the Pacific, and the Mediterranean. His dry land duty stations included Washington, DC. An avid fisherman, Viggo learned the basics of storytelling spinning the catch of six-inch minnows into an epic battle with fish the size of whales. But entertaining children, nieces, nephews, and grandchildren with fanciful tales, packed with scary spiders and shining knights, gave Viggo the practice he needed in refining his storytelling skills. Married in 1960, Viggo celebrated almost fifty-two anniversaries with Nancy, who passed in 2012. His first published book is dedicated to her, the love they shared, and the life they carved out together.