Patrick Ashtre: 5 books

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Patrick Ashtre was a happily married man with a lovely wife, three children, and a house in Arlington, Virginia. He was a good father and husband and, looking into the mirror each morning, he was happy with the reflected image—but all that was about to change....

Like John Wesley Powell’s expedition down the Colorado River, where he discovered the Grand Canyon, or Lewis and Clark’s search for a tributary to the Missouri River, where they found what is now known as Yellowstone National Park, it’s not unusual for modern-day travelers to seek out, or stumble...

Once a sought after structural engineer and manager of complex construction sites across the country, Tommy Luck is now nothing more than an unemployed drunk. His lifestyle is simple—drink himself into a stupor each night and run each morning to minimize the effects of the daily hangovers. Having...

Once a sought-after engineer and manager of complex construction sites across the country, Tommy Luck is now nothing more than an unemployed drunk. His life is simple—drink himself into a stupor each night and run each morning to minimize the effects of the daily hangovers. The only problem is that...

Formerly a sought-after structural engineer and manager of complex construction sites across the country, Tommy Luck is now nothing more than an unemployed drunk. His lifestyle is simple: drink himself into a stupor each night and run each morning to minimize the effects of his nightly binges. Assisting...