The Tower and the River: A Novel

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Summary: A Parisian adventure .. frustrations, love, life
Review: A first novel by a true adventure author. Stephens has taken years to write this novel but its reading will be like today and tomorrow. Astronauts and land and sea lubbers will appreciate the frustrations of America's first Astronaut who can't fly again but finds love and life in Paris. The Seine and the Tour Eiffel. A great setting for those with a love for Paris and France. Reviewed by Dave and Connie Pryor.

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Summary: With JOHN GLENN returning to space, this is a timely book
Review: When John Glenn made his epic space flight in 1962, like all Americans, I was thrilled. Then came disappointed when NASA grounded him, for the president thought he was too big a hero to risk another mission. Soon after Glenn retired from the Marines, greatly disappointed, and I felt his anguish.

The incident gave me thought for The Tower & The River. What if Glenn hadn't resigned and decided to fight the system? Of course, I wrote my novel before Glenn decided to go back in space. In the novel I send Glenn, or Major Grant Thompson, USMC, as I called him, to Paris to join the office of the Naval Attache for propaganda reasons. His desire to return to space is the conflict that he has to resolve.