The dread and fear that can come with a cancer diagnosis have their roots in its killer nature: It's the No. 2 cause of death in Americans, second only to heart disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Robert Byrd (artist) Robert John Byrd (born January 11, 1942) is an American author and illustrator from Haddonfield, New Jersey. Byrd was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Following high school, Byrd joined the U.S. Navy in 1961, leaving in 1962 to attend Trenton Junior College.
The majority of Winstonâs books are Historical Non-fiction. Winston Groom has written novels based on his duties in Vietnam. One of his famous books, Conversations with the Enemy was based on some of his own experiences. The novel was about an American Vietnam soldier who escaped from a Prisoner-of-war (POW) camp. The soldier takes a plane and flies back to the United States.