Just a brief update on the gentleman who will be writing the story of the USS Strong DD 467 and Hugh Barr Miller, Jr. in 2014, and the efforts to get his latest book The Last Battle onto film. There is a push in Germany to have a German national direct the film (yes, there is a screenplay written). A recent article in a German publications “Die Welt” gives a wonderful review of the book and ponders the question of whether someone like Stephen Spielberg or a native German would do a better job of producing a film based on events that occurred during WW2 in Austria. The article is in German, but I found that by using Google Translate I could effectively read the contents. The link for the article is here: http://www.welt.de/geschichte/zweiter-weltkrieg/article117853722/Als-GIs-und-Wehrmacht-gegen-die-SS-kaempften.htm
To “like” the Facebook page for The Last Battle and keep up with the efforts to take the screenplay from paper to film, click here: https://www.facebook.com/LastBattleinEurope
The success of this book has put Steve in the limelight in another way, as stated on the Facebook page:
“Da Capo Press is very pleased to announce that Stephen Harding's "The Last Battle" has been nominated for the inaugural Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History.
The prize is intended to "draw public attention to military history not only as an important staple of education in the areas of international relations, diplomacy, and conflict studies, but also as a subject in which any educated citizen should be interested."
A shortlist of finalists will be announced in January 2014, and the award will be presented at a February 13 ceremony in New York City.”
I want to congratulate Steve on the success of the book, and am keeping my fingers crossed for his continual success,
especially with the book on Strong. It appears that 2014 could be a very interesting year and I'm so happy to have all of you along to share the good stuff!
Tammi
To “like” the Facebook page for The Last Battle and keep up with the efforts to take the screenplay from paper to film, click here: https://www.facebook.com/LastBattleinEurope
The success of this book has put Steve in the limelight in another way, as stated on the Facebook page:
“Da Capo Press is very pleased to announce that Stephen Harding's "The Last Battle" has been nominated for the inaugural Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History.
The prize is intended to "draw public attention to military history not only as an important staple of education in the areas of international relations, diplomacy, and conflict studies, but also as a subject in which any educated citizen should be interested."
A shortlist of finalists will be announced in January 2014, and the award will be presented at a February 13 ceremony in New York City.”
I want to congratulate Steve on the success of the book, and am keeping my fingers crossed for his continual success,
especially with the book on Strong. It appears that 2014 could be a very interesting year and I'm so happy to have all of you along to share the good stuff!
Tammi
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