Lost in the immense and barren nothingness of the Sahara Desert lies a legend—the legend of the Battle of Gilf Kebir. Two partial accounts remain—one by a Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and the other by a Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) soldier. Each is distinct. Both tell a story— the story of a battle that history says never was fought.
About the Author:
John Strider Nation grew up in the cowboy country of the Red River Valley of southern Oklahoma, watching the cow ponies and windmills of the Old West turn into the pickup trucks and oil derricks of the New West. A natural nomad, Nation has traveled extensively, living for twenty years on a classic 40-foot wooden schooner that he built, and backpacking across Europe and North Africa.
He is the eldest son of award-winning poet, Winona Morris Nation, who almost forgotten now, in the 1950s won many national poetry awards, being published in The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, and in 1959, winning the National Collegiate Poetry Contest. Nation holds a degree in anthropology and English from the University of Oklahoma, and is a licensed pilot.
