January 5th is the birthday of the late John Pugsley [1](born 1934, died April 8, 2011), libertarian and economics author. Pugsley was well known in preparedness circles as the author of The Alpha Strategy [2]. (The book is out of print, but a PDF is available for free download.) It is also the birthday of General Courtney Hodges [3] (born 1887 – January 16, 1966). Kicked out of West Point for low math scores, he enlisted as a private but soon became a maverick officer and went on to a distinguished career.
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Now that a month has elapsed, many SurvivalBlog readers have read my novel Land of Promise [4]. Your brief reviews at Amazon.com would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, – JWR