Fly the Flag

Fly the Flag by James More is where you will read six stories. "Fly The Flag E-Pluribus-Unum" is a story about how a grade school principal keeps him going to school so he has a chance to use his education to make something better happen. In "Beware of Your Barber" he goes to the barbershop for a little trim and the barber humiliates him and tries to kill him. Fourteen years later in "Summer of Eighty Eight," he survives a barber's short circuit haircut and a close shave with death. When he feels lost, he looks up and sees his dad, who guides him on a fishing safari for a purpose. From church campfires, bicycle camps, canoe trips, turkey suppers, and fundraising cookouts, he writes a story about who is the least likely to do goodwill in "Uncle Sam and the Sin Tax Man." For a birthday wish in "Lean Thy Arms," he goes duck hunting with his dad, who is a hunter, fisher, and storyteller. In "Something About Hats" another bad haircut makes him wear a hat until his hair grows back and a much better looking barber washes his hair before she perform a fine taper trim with scissors. Good luck prevails from a better haircut, when he picks a long shot in the Kentucky Derby, and this is how he uses his education to make something better happen when you read the stories in Fly The Flag.