Brighton Publishing releases eBook “The Philosophical Pilot” by Vern A. Westfall

Oct. 17, 2012 - PRLog -- CHANDLER (AZ)—Brighton Publishing LLC is pleased to announce the eBook release of “The Philosophical Pilot: Three Fathers, Three Wives, Nine Lives” by author Vern A. Westfall. The author presents a unique and delicately balanced story of one man’s dedication to the experience of life in his own, distinct way. “The Philosophical Pilot: Three Fathers, Three Wives, Nine Lives” is currently available in eBook format from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other leading book retailers worldwide with the print version slated for release in early-2013.
From flying through the air at Mach one, to communing with Buddhist monks in a mountaintop monastery; author Vern A. Westfall reveals his often daring, and almost always, experiential approach to life: teach, learn, live, and love—to the utmost!
From a remote and somewhat isolated corner of the Arizona desert, where he was first introduced to religion, Vern Westfall’s journey begins with an insatiable appetite for adventure and a never-ending desire to uncover greater depths of human understanding.
His journey takes readers from the cockpit of his RF-4 Phantom as it wistfully creates contrails across the leading edge of the stratosphere, to tender moments spent caring for his young daughter. Westfall’s emotions, desires, and strength-of-character are revealed through an understanding of the human spirit and an intensity and biographical style uncommon in today’s market.
By reaching into the recesses of his memories, Westfall divulges his exploits and the range of emotions felt, as readers relive his passionate pursuit of an extraordinary life.
Encounter a world that is foreign to most, a world of survival played out in some of the most dangerous of places on earth; combat missions flown over a war-torn North Vietnam, a struggle for survival in the intense heat and nearly impenetrable jungles of the Philippines, flying KC-135 Stratotankers in the freezing air of the Arctic Circle—experience a life of resolute and dedicated service, fueled by a thirst for meaning that is experienced by only a rare few.
“Vern Westfall delivers a stunningly written, first-hand account of a lifetime of incredible exploits and meaningful, spiritual encounters,” said Kathie McGuire, director of Brighton Publishing. “The author presents a story so exciting that readers will have to be reminded that it’s a biography and not fiction!”
Vern Arthur Westfall began writing late in life. He has a degree in philosophy, has flown many notable missions for the Air Force, has traveled the world, served as a foreign liaison officer, worked in civil and industrial engineering, designed over two-hundred new homes, been a flight instructor, a college instructor, a high school teacher, and taught talented and gifted children. In spite of his variety of careers, Westfall counts his greatest accomplishment as having been a single parent. He sees life as something to be taken seriously at the level of ideas and with humor and suspicion at more practical levels.