Red Cushing - Soldier for Hire John Calder, Publishers, 1962 "With three or four Guinnesses down my gullet, I'm the greatest story-teller since old Paddy Flynn of County Sligo, and that's gospel" So begins this rolliciking tale of Thomas "Red" Cushing, who at various times was a weapons smuggler for the IRA, a semi-professional boxer, a U.S. soldier in Nicaragua helping Sandino, a fighter against Fascism in the Spanish Civil War, and a soldier in WWII. Some of it even appears to be true... Return to Docs Populi |