A Starling's Flight: My Lifelong Journey From Cape Town to California and Beyond

A Starling's Flight: Is chock-full of short, funny, but true accounts of Allan Starling's lifelong journey from Cape Town to Los Angeles, and far beyond.Why This Book: My two grandfathers died before I was born, so I know very little about them. One day my grandchildren may wonder about me. All they need to do is to start reading.Read About: * Growing up in South Africa. With no TV or electronic gadgets to entertain us, we created our own fun and some mischief. * The Firsts in my Life: Things we take for granted, like ballpoint pens, were high-tech inventions.* Moving to the Transkei. The one-horse town where the horse died.* Ride with me. My first driver's license, accident, and ticket. * My Banking Daze: The adding machine goes crunch, crunch, clang. Oops. What happened to the money? I forgot the gun.* Joining Gospel Recordings. I wanted to stay home. How did I get to places like Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone?* My Future Wife: I saw her first in a movie. Red hair and all.* Moving to the USA. What is this language they speak here? The first person I see on TV is me! Those football players are breaking all the rugby rules. A six-month visit turns into fifty years.* I Become a USA Citizen. I evolve from visitor, to alien, to resident, to citizen in ten long steps.* The Y2K Scare. What will happen when the clock strikes midnight?* My Travel Woes. What happened to my plane? Stuck in Ivory Coast. Lost in Switzerland. * Showers I have Known. A shower is a shower. Wrong.* Medical Marvels. You have cancer. Or do you? Beating diabetes. The Proton generator.* And more. Check the contents.Check my Dictionary:* You'll find 250 South African English words and discover what they mean in American English. * Take a fun quiz and try to translate some sentences.

• | Author: Allan Starling
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Jun 15, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 268 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 198756829X
• | ISBN-13: 9781987568295