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He has been called "a Northwest folk hero," "Jesse James," and "Billy the Kid." But until now, he hasn't been called a she. Contrary to popular belief, D.B. Cooper not only survived the infamous hijacking on November 24, 1971. He also committed the high-flying caper as a woman. Cooper's real name was first Bobby, then Barb, Dayton. "Cooper" had gender reassignment surgery in December 1969. In 1971, he pulled his buccaneering swipe dressed as a man and walked away as a woman. Bobby/Barb lived to the age of 76 and died of natural causes on February 20, 2002
Reality Strikes My Dreams is the story of Harry Brown who has always known from the time in first grade during the air-raid drill, to the name calling in junior high, he's different. What follows is a story of training racehorses, love affairs, persecution from the racing commission and a growing self-awareness that leads him to stop hiding and rebel against an environment where being different was more obvious then ever before.
Saigon, South Vietnam, 1963: In the waning days of the hated Diem regime, a shattering terrorist attack launches young American correspondent, Paul Brady, on a labyrinthine journey of love, friendship, murder and betrayal. He is joined on his odyssey by the beautiful chanteuse, Kim; by Hanh, a mysterious and enigmatic young Vietnamese; by Shabin, the duplicitous CIA agent,and the villainous Cobra, a murderous renegade agent of the North Vietnamese intelligence agency. Caught in a growing web of deceit, Paul faces one seemingly insoluble dilemma after another as he navigates treacherous cultural crosscurrents in pursuit of the woman he loves. Illusion and truth prove nearly inseparable in this fairyland of political intrigue. A chain of devastating consequences leads to Kim's abduction. Paul faces imminent expulsion from Vietnam. The countdown begins, and time is fast running out...
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