God's Angry Man: The Incredible Journey of Private Joe Haan - Tapa dura

To all who knew him, Joe Haan was larger than life but he was also deeply scarred. The death of his mother at a young age; a childhood spent in a bleak orphanage; years as an indentured farm servant; riding the rails with hobos and criminals during the Great Depression; working in a remote CCC camp along the Canadian border; and violent combat experiences during WWII. To express his deepest feelings Joe used many creative outlets, writing poetry and music, as well as playing the guitar and the harmonica.

B. Wayne Quist has recently coauthored two books on radical, militant Islamism and the ideology of al Qaeda—Winning the War on Terror and The Triumph of Democracy Over Militant Islamism—and has plans for a third book in the series, A New Approach to the Greater Middle East. He is a popular speaker on the subject of militant Islamism and lectured at the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Forum. He retired from the Air Force in the rank of full colonel and has written many publications in the fields of national security, political science, and American history. He is currently a partner with Northstar Industries, Inc. in Wayzata, Minnesota, where he specializes in the sale and recapitalization of privately held companies. He also serves on the boards of non-profit organizations in Minnesota and Washington, DC. Wayne graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota and has advanced degrees from the University of Southern California and National War College, specializing in the Middle East. Wayne is Joe’s nephew. His mother was “Sis.”