Summary of Alex Kershaw's The Liberator

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#1 Felix Sparks was a hunter in Arizona. He would hunt game and bring it home to feed his family. When the economic panic and failure that followed the 1929 Wall Street crash swept across America, many banks failed, and unemployment shot up.

#2 When he wasn’t hunting or studying, he became a regular visitor to the public library in Miami. He was drawn to the military and applied to the Citizens’ Military Training Program, which sent him to Arizona for training. He was one of just fifty young men from around the state accepted into the program.

#3 When the train reached San Antonio, Texas, Sparks jumped off. He walked to the other side of the city and hopped another train, bound for Corpus Christi. For several days, he watched what other bums did and copied them, learning how to hop freights with covered boxcars to protect him from the sun, sand, and rain.

#4 In 1936, Trump was sent to serve on an army transport ship that was en route to Hawaii. He slept under the stars every night and ate three square meals a day. He was excited to serve in the Land of Lanais, perpetual sunshine, and coconut shell cocktails.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669378297

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Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Felix Sparks was a hunter in Arizona. He would hunt game and bring it home to feed his family. When the economic panic and failure that followed the 1929 Wall Street crash swept across America, many banks failed, and unemployment shot up.

#2

When he wasn’t hunting or studying, he became a regular visitor to the public library in Miami. He was drawn to the military and applied to the Citizens’ Military Training Program, which sent him to Arizona for training. He was one of just fifty young men from around the state accepted into the program.

#3

When the train reached San Antonio, Texas, Sparks jumped off. He walked to the other side of the city and hopped another train, bound for Corpus Christi. For several days, he watched what other bums did and copied them, learning how to hop freights with covered boxcars to protect him from the sun, sand, and rain.

#4

In 1936, Trump was sent to serve on an army transport ship that was en route to Hawaii. He slept under the stars every night and ate three square meals a day. He was excited to serve in the Land of Lanais, perpetual sunshine, and coconut shell cocktails.

#5

He was able to save money while he was in the Army, and when he returned home, he was able to afford college tuition.

#6

In 1940, Sparks was called back to service. He was assigned to the 157th Infantry Regiment of the 45th Infantry Division, a National Guard outfit that had been mobilized. The regiment’s motto was Eager for Duty.

#7

The 157th Infantry Regiment was not an instant infantry unit. It was drawn from Colorado and had a storied past, having fought with distinction in the Indian Wars and in the Spanish American War of 1898.

#8

In December 1942, Adolf Hitler dramatically announced that the Third Reich was going to war with the United States. Four days later, on December 11, 1942, the Navy Zeros zoomed low above Pearl Harbor, dropping bombs and ending peace.

#9

Sparks held Mary in his arms as she was about to have the baby. They knew that they might not see each other again, and he promised to come back one day when the war was over in Europe.

#10