Class of 47

It’s that time of year we think about attending  – or hiding from – our high school and college reunions. We wonder whatever happened to the most likely to succeed … the most popular …  the class clown.

Instead of  spending the evening eating rubber chicken and dancing to the oldies, how about curling up with Jack Sheehan’s, The Class of ‘47: Annapolis-America’s Best. Read about a unique group of graduates, sharing stories of some of the most notable Annapolis students, including former president and future Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter, who went on to influence the world.

Vegas Seven

Elizabeth Sewell

It’s always intimidating to interview a fellow interviewer. But when, after a recent Seven Questions session with Jack Sheehan, he said he had an interviewing workshop coming up and that I should attend, I thought, “Wow I’m really blowing this one.” Fortunately, Sheehan was simply offering a invitation to a young journalist, quickly assuring me that this Q&A had gone just fine. Hopefully he wasn’t just being kind, because Sheehan is a fascinating interview.

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Held captive in “Las Vegas” – a North Vietnamese prison compound – James Stockdale endured seven and a half years of confinement and torture.  For his bravery and support of his fellow men, Stockdale received a medal of honor. Stockdale’s story is a compelling feature of Jack Sheehan’s book, The Class of ‘47.

Click here  to read the Las Vegas Review-Journal article by Norm Clarke.

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