MILITARY BOOKS - Russel Langely

MILITARY BOOKS

Russel Langely

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Russel Langley, USAF, "was born in rural Louisiana and grew up on a farm. He left Louisiana for the Air Force and adventures overseas. After serving 21 years both active duty and reserve, and having a career as a Deputy Sheriff with the Sutter County Sheriffs Department (California), he retired with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Russel Langley is a disabled combat veteran who turned to photography and writing as therapy for PTSD. He holds a degree in English and has taught English and Criminal Justice at the college level. Most recently Russel Langley was the program chair for Criminal Justice at Kaplan College, Sacramento. He is a member of the National Press Photographers Association." Russel Langley is the author of Gunfighter: My Time in Hell.

According to the book description of Gunfighter: My Time in Hell, it "is the personal narrative of the author and his experience as a deputy sheriff who had to take a life to save his own. In this unique look the author takes you through the emotions of the gunfight stage by stage. He then explores the aftermath, developing PTSD, descending to the lowest point in his life, the actions of others to save his life, and his eventual slow ascent to recovery. This intense, emotionally charged book will take you places no other memoir has dared to go. It deals with the raw emotions of a man caught in a life and death struggle and what it took for him to survive."