THIS WEEK IN JULY

  1. Wednesday Jul 14 CHRISTINA OLDS WEDNESDAY, JULY 14; 7-8 PM @ The Greene CHRISTINA OLDS discusses the book she wrote about her father, Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds. He was a graduate of West Point and quickly became a top fighter...
  2. Thursday Jul 15 RHODA JANZEN THURSDAY, JULY 15; 7-8 PM @ The Greene RHODA JANZEN will introduce the softcover edition of her humorous and very moving book, Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home. Rhoda wasn’t just raised a Mennonite, her...
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CHRISTINA OLDS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 14; 7-8 PM @ The Greene

CHRISTINA OLDS discusses the book she wrote about her father, Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds. He was a graduate of West Point and quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander at the young age of 22, and an ace with 12 aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where he became a legend. He arrived there in 1966 and found a dejected group of pilots. It was his unorthodox leadership that turned the group around and made them into distinguished fighter pilots. He did this by putting himself on the flight schedule and challenging the pilots to train him properly because he would soon be leading them. If they didn’t do it well, the unspoken theory was the group would not survive. They rose to the challenge. Olds went on to amass another four confirmed kills, becoming a rare triple ace. Fighter Pilot is his fascinating story.

Christina Olds, daughter of Robin Olds, holds a Vassar College BA in English and Creative Writing and compiled her father’s writings to help complete this book with Ed Rasimus, a retired USAF fighter pilot, who has written two books on the Vietnam air war, When Thunder Rolled and Palace Cobra. They both live in Colorado.

CHRISTINA OLDS