{"title":"R. Cort Kirkwood","description":"\u003cp\u003eR. CORT KIRKWOOD is a journalist and author who has written about American politics and culture for more than three decades. His books include \u003cem\u003eReal Men: Ten Courageous Americans to Know and Admire\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSoldiers of Misfortune: Washington’s Secret Betrayal of American POWs in the Soviet Union\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKirkwood has won Virginia Press Association awards for editorial writing and informational graphics. He served as managing editor of the \u003cem\u003eDaily News-Record\u003c\/em\u003e in Harrisonburg, Virginia, from 2000 to 2018, and previously worked as an editorial writer for the \u003cem\u003eWashington Times\u003c\/em\u003e. He holds degrees from Boston University and Loyola College in Baltimore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKirkwood’s articles have appeared in \u003cem\u003eNational Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New American\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChronicles\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Remnant\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. He also syndicated a column titled The Hard Line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eR. Cort Kirkwood’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":"real-men","title":"Real Men: Ten Courageous Americans to Know and Admire","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\"Most young Americans today know virtually nothing of the heroes of our not-so-distant past, and much of what they think they know is wrong. These heroes have largely been censored from our textbooks and culture. \u003cem\u003eReal Men\u003c\/em\u003e is all about them. I read about them, heard about them, saw movies about them while growing up,\" R. Cort Kirkwood writes.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"They all were part of an American boy's life. They inspired us, and we aspired to be like them.\" Ten of those men are memorialized in this book: Francis Marion, Eddie Rickenbacker, Vince Lombardi, Rocky Versace, Wild Bill Hickok, Lou Gehrig, Audie Murphy, Andrew Jackson, David Crockett, and Robert E. Lee.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\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\/1581825633\/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\/9781581825633\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"R. Cort Kirkwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43236419895512,"sku":"9781581825633","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43236419928280,"sku":"9781630264116","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781581825633_FChigh_mockup_v2_1738759983_e7e5c825-f783-44a1-965e-96b155991b8e.jpg?v=1791024389"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-r-cort-kirkwood.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}