The Golden Eagle Saloon
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ddy Parker returns from college to find his family shattered by his parents’ sudden divorce. He escapes to the family beach house and takes a summer job at a restaurant in a nearby amusement park. There, he enjoys a new freedom accentuated by the profound social changes of the sixties. He and friends revel in their freedom but learn that their hedonistic choices can be more dangerous to them than the Vietnam War, a developing threat that looms over them like a storm cloud on the horizon.
The titanium rib’s success came at a cost to both surgeons. Their dogged perseverance and utter dedication overcame impossible obstacles, but at a price.
This story has a happy ending. It shows what good and talented people fighting for a noble cause can accomplish.
But it is also a human story, a true story that depicts a reality in which not every person is wise and caring, societal norms can prevent common sense from being applied to the solution of lethal problems, and nothing good happens without a struggle.
