Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led the Band of Brothers

How Does a book that starts at the Fifty-fourth Annual Emmy Awards in 2002, continue on to inform the reader about D-day, 1944; Bastogne and The Battle of the Bulge; Operation Market Garden; and Berchtesgaden and Hitler's "Eagle's Nest"? The transition is a simple one when one man has lived through it all.
Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led the Band of Brothers; by Larry Alexander, was a fantastic book. The Author helps the story to flow, keeping it interseting for the reader.

A brief history is given of the Winters family and Richard Winters's childhood. His story is then told in more detail after he joins the army.
On D-day, June 6, 1944, Richard Winters is a 1st Lieutenant. By the end of WWII he was a major in the 101st Airborne division.
The book follows him as he strruggles through the war with his men, striving to be a good leader.
The reader is then shown his life after the war while he tries to adjust to civillian life after having lived through some of the fiercest fighting in the European theater.
His story then changes with the introduction of Stephen E. Ambrose, an author and historian.
Ambrose, with Winters's and several other men of Easy companies' help, writes Easy's story in a book entitled "Band of Brothers."
The Final chapters of Major Winters's biography explain how the rights to the book were bought by one Tom Hanks, who proceeded to make a ten-part miniseries that would win and Emmy for "Best Miniseries".

Larry Alexander does a fantastic job of telling Major Winters's story.
He had also written the story as just that, a story. It was written as a novel would be, with a lot of dialouge, this kept the story flowing and interesting.

I have only two complaints.
1. The use of military jargon without explaining all of the terms, there was a glossary in the back but it did not include a few words/abbreviations.
2. The foul language. It was very bad near the end when they began making the miniseries.

Other than those two factors the book was fantastic. It gave a glimpse into the life of a very patriotic, hardworking, humble man. The Biggest Brother.

Fireproof

On New Years Eve my church played the movie "Fireproof". It was the third time I had seen the movie. : )
Fireproof is absolutely fantastic.
No foul language.
No inappropriate content.
The filming and the acting is also better than the first two, but even better than that, the movie has a very, very Biblical view.
Fireproof, gave a very clear gospel message. Explaining that all people, no matter how "good", need Jesus' forgiveness and salvation.
There were many sweet, and romantic parts in the movie. I cried multiple times.
However the best scene in the movie is quite easily when Caleb (the fireman) is complaining to his father about his wife.



John Holt: Has she thanked you for anything you've done the last 20 days?

Caleb Holt: No! And you'd think after I washed the car, I've changed the oil, do the dishes, cleaned the house, that she would try to show me a little bit of gratitude. But she doesn't! In fact, when I come home, she makes me like I'm - like I'm an enemy! I'm not even welcome in my own home, Dad. That is what really ticks me off! Dad, for the last three weeks, I have bent over backwards for her. I have tried to demonstrate that I still care about this relationship. I bought her flowers, which she threw away. I have taken her insults and her sarcasm, but last night was it. I made dinner for her. I did everything I could to demonstrate that I care about her, to show value for her, and she spat in my face! She does not deserve this, Dad. I'm not doing it anymore! How am I supposed to show love to somebody over and over and over who constantly rejects me?

John Holt: [touches, then leans against cross] That's a good question.




An absolutely fantastic scene, I think the best scene I have ever seen in any movie ever.
The movie is so good. The Bible is clear. And something I noticed and appreciated was that, Caleb not only said "I'm sorry" he asked for forgiveness...which is what you're supposed to do.
I could go on for a very long time, constantly repeating how good it was, but I won't. I'll just tell you SEE THE MOVIE! It is: true, noble, just, pure, lovely, of good report, virtuous and praiseworthy. It is not a movie that is "clean" so okay to watch; but it is a movie that is good to watch because your mind is being filled with those things.
Very, very good movie. I highly, highly recommend.