Sam HatcherThe author, Sam Hatcher, is an award winning journalist and former newspaper editor and publisher. He is an alumnis of Cumberland University, a member of the university's Board of Trust, and a former faculty member at Cumberland and Lipscomb Universiy. After some 36 years of service he retired at the rank of full colonel from the Army National Guard where his record of service included stints in the Middle East, Europe, South and Central America and a final assignment at the Pentagon chairing a National Guard Communications Board. Read More Read Less