Tag: A Distant Thunder

Harold Covington with the flag of his proposed Northwest American Republic.

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Part 2 of 3 (Part 1 here, Part 3 here)

Harold Covington’s life and work centered on a determination some might call fanaticism. He clearly defined what his life was about:

There were as well several low ebbs in the past thirty-three years, when I could have slid off the stage into obscurity and into some shitjob, and the world would have forgotten about me. By choice, I never availed myself of those chances to get out of the life, and I have no reason to wail that “I never got a break.” I declined to take the breaks offered because to do so entailed making my peace with a world that is putrid, poisonous, and evil to its very wellsprings. One does not make peace with a loathsome disease. One does not come to accept evil as “Just one of those things.” (more…)

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Pokaždé, když jeden z mých přátel rozšíří svou sbírku zbraní o další kousek, tak říká: „Doufám, když Bůh dá, že ji nebudu nikdy muset použít.“ Přesto nakupuje zbraně dál, protože se jednou můžou hodit. Totéž si pokaždé říkám i já, když vezmu do ruky román od Harolda Covingtona. Ale čtu je dál. Jednou se můžou hodit.

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H. A. Covington
The Hill of the Ravens
Lincoln, Nebr.: 1stBooks Library, 2003

H. A. Covington
A Distant Thunder
Bloomington, Ind.: Authorhouse, 2004 (more…)

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Translations: Czech, French

H. A. Covington
The Hill of the Ravens
Lincoln, Nebr.: 1stBooks Library, 2003

H. A. Covington
A Distant Thunder
Bloomington, Ind.: Authorhouse, 2004 (more…)