The Farewell Christmas

Jackie Shields was a hometown hero. A high school graduate at sixteen and a college graduate by twenty, he soared to great heights as a fighter pilot in the United States Navy-and even flew with the legendary Blue Angels, the Navy's elite flight demonstration team. When Jackie returned to Winchester, Massachusetts, for Christmas in 1956, the town welcomed him with open arms. But no one was more thrilled than his ten-year-old brother, Billy.

In The Farewell Christmas, author William Shields r...