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Wayne Harding - Author

HIS EDGE: 

Three Women, Three Mentors, One Plane

Book Signings - Meet the Author in Person- See Below!

    This is one of the most fascinating books that has come out of the World War II era.  Semi-autobiographically, it tracks a young Navy pilot, Waite Davis, before and after he becomes a civilian test pilot.  Going from rookie to pro demanded "an edge."

    At first, evil lets Waite succeed occasionally, trying to disarm him; not succeeding, evil unleashes its arsenal.

            Naval Cadet                                     Testing the F4U-4 Corsair                                    Test Pilot

Reviews of Novel

“A life-or-death struggle between good and evil.  An insider’s glimpse into the technical, political, and personal stresses of developing high performance airplanes. An enduring love story.  Wayne Harding delivers it all in one engrossing package.”

                                                - Linda Berry, author of The Trudy Roundtree Mysteries

“…written by a man who has experienced many adventures and emergencies in the air, he knows how to describe them so that the reader’s palms sweat.  It is … “must” reading for all lovers of the adventure/suspense novel.  It has the added value of a clear, natural, non-preachy presentation of the gospel.”

                                                -Publisher Report from The Writer’s Edge

“Easy reading.  True adventure of a man whose passion for, and description of, flying made my fists clench and heart thump as if I were in the cockpit with him.  Family and spiritual values intertwine as basics for living then and now.”

                                                -Betty K. Gurian, professional businesswoman

Dedication

I dedicate this book to two families I have not seen in sixty years: Dick Burroughs’ and Bill Millar’s, both fellow graduate engineers from Princeton University.  Bill Millar was a naval pilot in WWII, as was I.  Dick Burroughs was 4-F due to a missing finger.  Bill and Dick each had a picture perfect marriage, including a young son.  Dick was Chief Test Pilot at Chance Vought Aircraft, Stratford, CT.  Bill and I were his new hires after WWII.  Three civilian test pilots from Princeton.  We used to laugh about it.  Others did too, especially Princetonians, until Dick lost his life testing, followed by Bill a year later.  Their families, and I, kept asking, Why? -- like Job, thousands of years ago.  Why the two pilots with ideal marriages and young sons?  Others of us had no attachments nor budding families.  It wasn’t fair.

I secondarily dedicate this book to the millions who have suffered losses similar to, perhaps greater than, the Burroughs and Millars. 

The question is always: Why? 

There is an answer.  Now, at 86, I’m positive it is the right one, at least for me. 

It starts with, “Where were you ........................ ?”

Author Biography

Wayne Harding, born 1921 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, was a naval pilot in WWII after graduating from Princeton University.  In 1946, he became a civilian test pilot for Chance Vought Aircraft.  He married Nancy Gean from Ft. Smith in 1948, and they raised five children in Topeka, Kansas and Denver, Colorado. Wayne has been prominent in two industries by founding Harding Glass and Harding Steel (www.hardingsteel.com). He is a former member of the Young Presidents Organization; a sixty year member of Rotary – Topeka and Denver; a sixty-six year member of AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics); and author of The Extra 2% That Makes Sales Happen published in 1982. Presently Wayne is semi-retired and lives in Boulder, Colorado.

                         Personal Statement from Author

 Dear Reader,

   I hope you capture and understand the evolution of Waite's incisiveness and keenness necessary to help him have "an edge."  

   Later in my life, in other industries, I have found "an edge" exhilarating and important.  If reading His Edge leads you to develop "an edge," you will have captured the esprit of the esprit de corps found in the successful people around you. 

Wayne Harding 

Book Availability - retail $16.95

Book Signing Locations:

Oct 13th : Downing House, Denver (7:00-8:30), 3680 S Downing St, Englewood CO (Downing and Hampden, Southeast corner)

Oct. 22nd: Boulder Country Club (7:00-8:30), 7350 Clubhouse Rd, Boulder CO

December 9, 2008 at 3:00 pm - Page Two Coffee Shop in Gunbarrel - for directions - click here

Book Stores/Online:

Barnes and Noble: www.bn.com

Amazon:  His Edge: Three Women, Three Mentors, One Plane: Wayne Harding: Books

Signed copy by Author:

Click here to send an email requesting a signed copy.

The Extra 2% That Makes Sales Happen - retail $10.95

The author has also written a non-fiction book on "the power of selling personal."  It has received major recommendations from business leaders.  

"It is a must reading. I think it is excellent. Well done. Easy to read. Could be called 'the Salesman's Bible.' I love it."  - Bill Daniels.... 'The Father of Cable TV'; imaginative, entrepreneur and dynamic business executive

"Harding is a super salesperson who has successfully identified those elements that form the prerequisites of extraordinary salesmanship. In a simple, straight-forward, and dynamic fashion, The Extra 2% That Makes Sales Happen provides an eye-to-eye encounter with those actions and responsibilities necessary to become a master of the selling arts."  - W. Heartsill Wilson, Sc.D. ....considered the best industrial speaker in America, a man who Norman Vincent Peale admired for '...the brilliance of his mind.'

It was published in 1982, but the selling truths back then are still alive and important today!   For a copy, email the author.