{"title":"Melanie Morgan","description":"\u003cp\u003eMELANIE MORGAN is an American radio personality, columnist, and political commentator who co-authored \u003cem\u003eAmerican Mourning\u003c\/em\u003e with Catherine Moy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Radio Television Digital News Association and Associated Press recognized Morgan with the Edward R. Murrow and Mark Twain Awards in 2004 and 2016. She co-hosted the morning drive-time show on KSFO 560 AM in San Francisco, anchored for KGO-TV, and writes for WorldNetDaily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she’s not writing, Morgan serves as Chairman of Move America Forward, a non-profit organization supporting U.S. armed forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelanie Morgan’s books are published by Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"american-mourning","title":"American Mourning: The Intimate Story of Two Families Joined by War—Torn by Beliefs","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Mourning\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of two American families\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e whose sons died in the war on terror. Casey Sheehan and Justin Johnson had been best friends since they \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003efirst met at Fort Hood in Texas; they were killed within\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e five days of each other in separate ambushes in Sadr City, Iraq, during Holy Week of 2004.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eAs the Sheehan and Johnson families have mourned\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e their unimaginable loss, they have had little else in common and have taken entirely different paths as they mourned. Justin’s father, Joe Johnson, followed his son to Baghdad, slogging through the open sewers of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eIraqi slums to see where Justin had died and to avenge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e his death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCindy Sheehan wanted another kind of revenge. Blaming President Bush for Casey’s death, she called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003ethe Muslim radicals who killed her son “freedom fighters”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e and brought an entourage of antiwar activists and a coalition of the willing press to the president’s ranch \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eoutside Crawford, Texas. Demanding that the president\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e meet with her in the sweltering Texas summer, she became a media phenomenon and America’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s5\"\u003ebest-known antiwar activist since Jane Fonda.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Sheehans and the Johnsons represent the extremes of grief-stricken parents in war, both families reflecting the gap in how Americans view the war on terror. The Johnson family has bonded closer, Justin’s parents have grown nearer, their faith has been strengthened; and their support for the war is stronger than ever. Meanwhile, the Sheehan family has fractured, and Casey’s parents have divorced. Cindy says she is no longer a Christian, and her opposition to the war is deeper and more bitter than ever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe bodies of Casey Sheehan and Justin Johnson lie in their hometown graves. Justin’s finial resting place is decorated with handmade flags and miniature Uncle Sams. Casey’s had no marker for two years to tell the world that he lived, fought, and died a hero.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBoth Joe and Cindy were shooting at ghosts. Cindy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003estill is. This is their story. The story of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Mourning.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1581825404\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781581825404\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Melanie Morgan, Catherine Moy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43236419141848,"sku":"9781581825404","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/AmericanMourning_FChigh_mockup_v2_1666901240_4449ed00-26a0-4b80-bcf2-43c8d5002935.jpg?v=1791024151"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-melanie-morgan.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}