Morgan Miller

Drafted tells the story of Henry Morgan Miller's year in Vietnam at the invitation of Lyndon B. Johnson. It is the story of a meat-cutter-wannabe commercial airline pilot-whose life was rudely interrupted by being inducted into a war that he considered someone else's battle for a lost cause. It's a story that could describe many of the almost 300,000 men drafted in 1968 along with Morgan, or, for that matter, the 1.85 million drafted between 1964-73. It is the story of your brother, your son, your friend-some who came home safe and sound, and others who perished, or were no longer whole. In his book, Morgan also exposes a major mechanical issue with Vietnam-era Cobra helicopters; so serious that had they been Ford cars they would have been subject to a major recall. He suggests that Cobra helicopter pilots were guinea-pigs for aircraft plagued with serious, not to mention deadly, hydraulic problems. Drafted is for readers who want to experience what it was like, on a day-to-day basis, to go through basic training, learn to fly gunships, and then be shipped out to the Vietnam war zone. What it's like to be shot at and shot down. To serve your country honorably, while fighting a war you don't believe in, only to return and be ostracized by a misguided faction of the general public.

It's time for Aaron to pick his career, but he doesn't know what he wants to be yet. There's just too many things to choose from Choosing your career as a kid is a big job When Aaron's dad decides to take him to the career museum for a day of exploration, Aaron's not excited at all. All of the jobs he's looked at are boring and not nearly as exciting as what he's looking for. However, this isn't your average museum With careers like "professional sleeper" and "space travel agent," Aaron starts having second thought on the limitless possibilities of his future careers. Through an exciting day at the museum, both Aaron and his dad learn that you can do anything you put your mind to, no matter how bizarre the idea may seem.

Pairing experienced master artists with eager learners, folklife apprenticeships in Virginia help ensure that a particular art form is passed on in ways that are conscious of history and faithful to tradition. With In ""Good Keeping: Virginia's Folklife Apprenticeships"", author Jon Lohman and photographer Morgan Miller chronicle the first five years of the program, capturing the masters and apprentices at work. The participating master artists comprise some of Virginia's most celebrated practitioners of folk traditions both old and new to Virginia - from canning to snake cane carving, from bluegrass fiddling to broom making, from flatfooting to kathak dancing. The apprentices learn their chosen craft not in classrooms or lecture halls, but in their traditional contexts - such as local dance halls, churches, woodshops, stables, and garages. Helping to ensure that Virginia's treasured folkways remain in good keeping for years to come, the Folklife Apprenticeship Program offers new life and vibrancy by engaging new learners and reinvigorating the lifelong masters. Richly illustrated with photographs and featuring the voices of participants in apprenticeships from a diverse range of traditions across the common-wealth, the book provides a window into not only the traditional artistic processes and tricks of the trade, but also the practitioners' reflections on the significance of their craft, their motivations for maintaining and teaching it, and the very concept of the tradition itself.