Some Reader Comments on A Certain Brotherhood
I'm proud of the many responses I've received from readers since I self-published the trade paperback edition of A Certain Brotherhood in 1996. These are a few that represent the response to ACB. A surprising theme among many notes is the number of people who tell me they have read A Certain Brotherhood more than once.
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Jimmie Butler focused on the bond between fighting men during the Vietnam War, and may have said something profound about all warriors, everywhere. This is a damn good book. I highly recommend A Certain Brotherhood .
— Stephen Coonts
New York Times Bestselling Author of The Flight of the Intruder
Sensations I haven’t felt for nearly thirty years held me hostage from beginning to end— I couldn’t put it down. The sights, sounds, and even the smells are so vividly painted that I found myself reliving the rush of our aerial combat adventures over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. If someone asks me what it was like to have ‘been there— done that,’ all I have to do is hand them this book. Thanks for the legacy.
— Charles (Chic) Randow
Nail 68 at NKP
I read it (A Certain Brotherhood) straight through the day I received it and sat down and sent you a handwritten personal note. I thought it was great.
A USAF Four-Star General & Vietnam Veteran
I finished ACB several days ago. I guess I have not commented that I seldom read fiction, partly because so much of it is irrelevant, and much fiction that could be relevant lacks credibility. ACB will always be relevant to me and others like me, all the more so because it is totally credible. I feel like I knew Mitch and J.D. and the others. Thank you for awakening and helping sharpen my memories of those times.
— Gerry Frazier
Intelligence Officer, Task Force Alpha, NKP
No one evokes the thrills, excitement, and dangers of flight better than Jimmie Butler! A Certain Brotherhood will prove an E-ticket ride for light plane pilots, who, like me, have wondered what it would be like to fly their Cessnas into combat. Colonel Butler did just that during his combat tour in Vietnam, and he brings that experience to bear in the compelling, moving, hilarious adventures of Mitch McCall and J.D. Dalton. This is a novel about human beings who also happen to be heroes, and the story of fliers who rise above themselves for duty, honor, country. . .and friendship.
— Robert Crais
New York Times Bestselling Author ofof the Elvis Cole mysteries including
Sunset Express Demoition Angel, L.A. Requiem
You caused me to spend some of my Christmas break with my nose stuck in a book. I really enjoyed it and certainly felt I was right back there in the NKP setting from long, long ago. I like your style and the fact that, even though it was a novel, you didn't stray too often from reality/possibility.
Colonel James Lee McCleskey,
USAF, Retired, Nimrod at NKP
Wow! I haven't even finished the book, but it’s the first L-19 FAC book I've come across that tells it like it was. Not to criticize other writers, but a lot of the accounts don’t ring true with my experience, as yours does. If a book makes you sweat as you’re reading it, and you need to put it down although you don't want too, you have connected with reader. Excellent read!!!
Cleve McDonald,
Captain, Alaska Airlines
Catkiller 12 (US Army L-19s)