

The Dawn Patrol
Author: Don Winslow
Narrator: Ray Porter
Unabridged: 9 hr 38 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/03/2008
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Author: Don Winslow
Narrator: Ray Porter
Unabridged: 9 hr 38 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/03/2008
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
American author, Don Winslow, has lived in many places around the world, but his favorite place, and now residence, is California. He was born in New York City, and did go back there as well during his young adult years before he became a full time writer. He actually grew up in a quiet town in Rhode Island, and credits his parents with his ambition to become a writer.......his librarian mother, who encouraged reading, and his Navy dad, who loved to tell stories.
In New York City, Winslow was a manager of Times Square theaters, and also a private investigator. He possessed two higher education degrees, one in African Studies and one in Military History. He even led safaris in Kenya and hiking trips in China. With all those varied jobs, the writing began easily for Author Winslow.
He has written: A Cool Breeze on the Underground, The Death and Life of Bobby Z, which was the book that was so successful it allowed him to be a full time writer. It and his book Savages were both adapted for film. His most recent novel, The Force, was licensed to 20th Century Fox and was due to be released in March, James Mangold, Director.
Winslow still lives in California with his wife, Jean. They have a son, Thomas.
Maybe it’s my landlocked Kansas nature, but I don’t get surfing. Paddling out into the ocean on a board seems like a lot of work just to get drowned or beaten to death on rocks or eaten by some kind of huge sea creature. Plus, fish pee and poop in the ocean so the whole thing is really just a big to......more
“Everything tastes better on a tortilla.” THE DAWN PATROL is a decent crime thriller, and an excellent read for the beach, especially with its myriad scenes dealing with the ocean, waves, beaches, and surfing. The text follows Boone Daniels, a private investigator, and former cop (a bit of a motif for......more