A fantastic “thank you” and review of The Man Called Brown Condor by Thomas E. Simmons!
Dear Tom:
Greetings from Ohio. It was a great pleasure to read your wonderful book The Man Called Brown Condor. As an Ethiopian by birth and a proud naturalized citizen of the United States, I found this book to be a master piece of history. I learned a great deal about so many things relevant to my own history as well as to the lives of my children: History of racism and segregation in the U.S., history of the aviation industry globally, history of my own forefathers and the battle with the Mussolini and fascist Italians. Overall, what a master piece! While all these are pertinent to any reader, to me every chapter had something to relate to my own life in a reverse analogous way.
Born in Addis Ababa from a former military telegraphist father who spent time in the Korean War (relating to yours), I was trained as a veterinarian who practiced in the remotest area in Southern Ethiopia, committed my life to serve the people of Ethiopia initially, migrated to the U.S. in the mid-1990s and served the U.S. in North Carolina and now in Ohio. I established a link back to home in Ethiopia and eastern Africa and am currently leading one of the major contemporary global issues—infectious diseases—via a Global One Health program training young scientists in Ethiopia in a building capacity. All the ups and downs I have been through. While by no means am I close to the extent of the humble heroism Colonel John Robinson’s exhibited, the book just reminds me life’s up and downs, the struggle and commitment for success.
This has been a wonderful reading during the Christmas and New Year break. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You are now my hero!!!!
Best regards,
Wondwossen
Wondwossen A. Gebreyes DVM, PhD, DACVPM
Professor, Molecular Epidemiology; Director, Global Health Programs
College of Veterinary Medicine
The Man Called Brown Condor
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