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Paul Clayton was drafted
in 1968 and sent to Vietnam in September of the same year. He served with an infantry line company in the 4th Infantry Division,
in the Central Highlands of Pleiku Province. Nine months into his tour, he was wounded and medically evacuated to Japan and
then the United States. After the army Paul Clayton went to Temple University in Philadelphia, earning a Bachelor of Arts
in English Literature. Paul Clayton is the author of: Calling Crow; Carl Melcher Goes To Vietnam;
Calling Crow Nation; and Flight of the Crow. According to the book description of Carl Melcher Goes To Vietnam, “The
year is 1968. Like thousands of other American boys, Carl Melcher is drafted and sent to Vietnam. His new company is infected
with the same racial tensions plaguing the nation. Despite that, Carl makes friends on both sides of the color line. The
war, like a tiger lurking in the bushes, picks off its victims one by one. Naively over-optimistic, Carl believes that karma
and good intentions will save him and his friends. Then fate intervenes to teach Carl something of the meaning of life, and
death.”
According to the book description
of Calling Crow, “Along the Southeast coast in the mid-16th century, Calling Crow, a Muskogee
Indian, is taken to the island of Hispaniola where he is forced to work in the silver pit mines. After repeated escape attempts,
and on the verge of death, he is rescued by a kindly Spanish priest. With his new, limited freedom, Calling Crow learns the
ways of the Spanish. He meets and falls in love with another captive, Juana of the Arawak people. Finally, as part of a massive
Spanish campaign to conquer the mainland, Calling Crow finds his way back to his home village, bringing the novel to its startling
conclusion.” According to the book description
of Calling Crow Nation, “Into the lush savannas of Terra Florida, come Spanish slavers and
thundersticks. The balance of power between the Timucua and the Coosa is lost forever when the Timucua obtain Spanish thundersticks
in exchange for slaves. They move north. Calling Crow, chief of the Coosa, realizes that his people's bows and arrows
will provide no defense against the Timucua and their deadly, smoke and fire-spewing weapons. On a reconnaissance foray into
Timucua territory, Calling Crow and his men rescue the hapless crew of an English ship who had been taken prisoner by the
Timucua. In gratitude, the English offer to equip and help Calling Crow in his coming fight.”
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