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Charles Hughes, author of “Accordion War: Korea 1951,” is holding a book signing for his latest book “A Fortune Teller’s Blessing: The Story of John Allen Adams” at Knit Unto Others, located at Fourth and Main streets on Tuesday, June 14, 4-6 p.m.
In his two most recent books, Hughes told the stories of two different men fighting a war, but in different ways. In “Accordion War: Korea 1951,” Hughes described his time with his own rifle company during the Korean War. But in “A Fortune Teller’s Blessing: The Story of John Allen Adams,” Hughes gives the point of view of a fortune teller’s son who became paralyzed in a sports accident before he was old enough to enlist.
While Hughes fought the North Koreans on the biting cold mountains of the peninsula, Adams and his friends protested what they saw as an unjust war, often leading to government censure and imprisonment.
Both men made their lives in Arkadelphia. Hughes, when he came back from the war, spent several years working for the National Security Agency in Maryland before moving to Arkadelphia and earning his Ph.D. Hughes taught at Henderson State University and served as Chairman of the English and Foreign Language Department even after his retirement in 1996.
Adams protested the war and became a respected poet before opening a bookstore on 4th and Main, the site of what is now Knit Unto Others. The bookstore stayed open for several years and had many customers, adding to the cultural heritage of Arkadelphia.
“A Fortune Teller’s Blessing: The Story of John Allen Adams” can be found at Knit Unto Others, the Clark County Library and the Clark County Historical Museum, and both of these books by Hughes can be found on www.dochughesbooks.com.
Charles Hughes, author of “Accordion War: Korea 1951,” is holding a book signing for his latest book “A Fortune Teller’s Blessing: The Story of John Allen Adams” at Knit Unto Others, located at Fourth and Main streets on Tuesday, June 14, 4-6 p.m.
In his two most recent books, Hughes told the stories of two different men fighting a war, but in different ways. In “Accordion War: Korea 1951,” Hughes described his time with his own rifle company during the Korean War. But in “A Fortune Teller’s Blessing: The Story of John Allen Adams,” Hughes gives the point of view of a fortune teller’s son who became paralyzed in a sports accident before he was old enough to enlist.
While Hughes fought the North Koreans on the biting cold mountains of the peninsula, Adams and his friends protested what they saw as an unjust war, often leading to government censure and imprisonment.
Both men made their lives in Arkadelphia. Hughes, when he came back from the war, spent several years working for the National Security Agency in Maryland before moving to Arkadelphia and earning his Ph.D. Hughes taught at Henderson State University and served as Chairman of the English and Foreign Language Department even after his retirement in 1996.
Adams protested the war and became a respected poet before opening a bookstore on 4th and Main, the site of what is now Knit Unto Others. The bookstore stayed open for several years and had many customers, adding to the cultural heritage of Arkadelphia.
“A Fortune Teller’s Blessing: The Story of John Allen Adams” can be found at Knit Unto Others, the Clark County Library and the Clark County Historical Museum, and both of these books by Hughes can be found on www.dochughesbooks.com.
