Don Keith Books in Order

Gifted football player C.P. McKay arrives at a major university with a scholarship and hopes for a better future. Demands from the college sports establishment force him to weigh athletic success against education and personal integrity.

Jimmy Gill's fascination with radio carries him from youthful dreams into broadcasting success. As business ambitions threaten the magic that first drew him to the medium, his relationships with fellow dreamers complicate his changing priorities.

Jodell Lee and his racing partners pursue NASCAR success through the turbulent 1960s. Sponsorship demands, media attention and dependence on prize money intensify their competitive pressures, while fatal accidents expose the human cost of the sport.

Jodell Lee, Joe and Bubba follow stock car racing onto new superspeedways, including Daytona. Expanding ambitions bring greater danger and expense, leaving Jodell responsible for securing sponsorship and keeping his team's pursuit of racing success alive.

Raised around his grandfather's moonshine business in the 1950s, Jodell Bob Lee dreams of racing stock cars. With his cousin and best friend helping, he enters a competitive world dominated by established drivers and demanding tracks.

Rob Wilder begins his first full racing season in 1999 with a major sponsor and Billy Winton's Ford. Expectations mount as he prepares for Daytona, juggling a new romance with the need to justify his team's investment.

Rob Wilder and his crew advance from Saturday-night backroad racing to the Cup circuit in a single year. Against established champions, Rob must demonstrate that his rapid promotion reflects lasting talent rather than premature ambition.

Jodell Lee brings his team to Talladega's inaugural race, where concerns about dangerous speeds divide the drivers. With a boycott gathering support, he must balance competitive ambition against safety and his responsibilities to family and sponsors.

Retired racer Jodell Bob Lee discovers a promising young driver and backs Billy Winton's struggling team. Against a new generation of competitors, the partnership needs results on superspeedways to turn youthful potential into a viable racing operation.

Rob Wilder's pursuit of Cup Rookie of the Year takes a devastating turn when tragedy interrupts his progress. As he fights to return to racing, a gifted new rival adds another challenge to rebuilding his career.

This history follows USS Archerfish through wartime combat and unusual Cold War assignments. Alongside the submarine's operations, it recounts the experiences of its crews, including the all-bachelor sailors who traveled widely on a secret mission.

USS Batfish patrols waters near the Philippines as Japanese submarines undertake a secret withdrawal mission. Keith combines the crew's wartime experiences with the later effort to preserve their vessel as a memorial in landlocked Oklahoma.

Keith examines Paul 'Bear' Bryant's life, tracing the football coach's drive to win from his Arkansas upbringing to college coaching prominence. The biography considers the personal experiences and competitive determination behind his celebrated public reputation.

Keith explores the wartime histories of sixteen American submarines and one German U-boat preserved for public visits. Accounts of their crews connect the vessels' cramped interiors and combat operations with the dangers faced by World War II submariners.

A family divided by strained relationships encounters a Christmas light display on a remote mountaintop. Holiday traditions and the possibility of renewed connection shape an inspirational story about the difficulties of finding a way back to loved ones.

A harried businesswoman hears angels recount a soldier's sacrifice and the despair that threatens him. Their story explores the support offered by those closest to him and the unexpected influence one person's life can have on others.

A prolonged Japanese depth-charge attack endangers USS Billfish during a 1943 patrol. With senior officers unable to lead, diving officer Charlie Rush takes command, coordinating a desperate effort to protect the damaged submarine and its crew.

This biography examines Dudley 'Mush' Morton, the commander whose aggressive patrols aboard USS Wahoo changed American submarine tactics in the Pacific. Keith investigates both his combat leadership and the complicated man behind a formidable wartime reputation.

Cherokee truck driver Joe Proudfoot hurries toward Oklahoma, hoping to repair his unraveling family life. Strange encounters interrupt his journey and draw him into a dangerous quest, forcing him to confront more than the troubles awaiting him at home.

Keith introduces amateur radio through an exploration of the hobby's appeal and continuing relevance. Written for younger and adult readers, the book explains what newcomers need to begin participating and discovering its opportunities for communication.

After losing his job amid family illness and mounting bills, Jerry Gray decides to gamble his remaining assets on one roulette spin. His journey to Las Vegas attracts public attention and others eager to pursue abandoned dreams.

Drawing on his work with historical eyewitnesses, Keith explains how personal recollections can be collected, preserved and shared. The guide encourages readers to rescue journals and oral histories that might otherwise disappear without reaching future generations.

This biography follows Birmingham radio personality Shelley Stewart through hardship, broadcasting and business. His role in communicating information during civil rights demonstrations forms part of a broader account of his work and influence in his community.

Keith addresses obstacles that keep prospective amateur radio operators from participating, including station setup, outdoor antennas and uncertainty about on-air behavior. A glossary helps newcomers navigate terminology while practical guidance supports their first steps into the hobby.

This reference explains more than fourteen hundred amateur radio terms through sixteen hundred definitions and accompanying web links. It serves newcomers encountering unfamiliar jargon as well as experienced operators seeking explanations of terminology used throughout the hobby.

Japanese bombers devastate the tanker USS Neosho during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Keith reconstructs the ordeal of sailors battling fires aboard the damaged ship and survivors adrift without supplies, drawing on eyewitness accounts and documents.

Keith recounts the American campaign to liberate Guam after Japanese occupation. The narrative follows preparations and fierce fighting in July 1944, connecting strategic objectives in the Pacific with the experiences of combatants and the island's civilians.

Dixie Kiefer's naval career spans pioneering aviation and service aboard major American aircraft carriers. Keith and David Rocco trace his repeated injuries, combat leadership and endurance through battles that tested both his crews and his physical resilience.

Before his fame as a test pilot, Chuck Yeager flew fighter missions over occupied Europe. Keith follows his wartime experiences, including being shot down, assistance from the French Resistance and his determination to return to combat flying.

Keith examines Eugene Fluckey's command of a submarine during five Pacific combat patrols. His efforts to develop aggressive new tactics against Japanese warships and merchant vessels reveal the leadership and innovation behind a notable World War II naval career.