Stanley t evans biography
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Murder, like every other form of extreme behaviour, is addictive. So writes Stanley Evans halfway through his fourth, Victoria-centric police procedural, Seaweed on the Rocks (Touchwood $), featuring his unconventional Coast Salish detective Silas Seaweed.
Twenty years ago there would have been a fuss made about a white guy inventing a First Nations detective. Evans' less-than-anthropological approach to generating a gritty mystery yarn'sprinkling depictions of indigenous mythology and religion for the purposes of entertaining storylines'would have been denounced as 'appropriation' on the West Coast.
But these days it's fiction. Get over it. That seems to be Evans' unabashedly confident approach. It's so clearly evident that he means no disrespect'and the city of Victoria takes centre stage in Evans's stories as much as his detective'that he has been able to develop his own style with relative impunity.
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Corporal Stanley Evans
Unit : No Platoon, "B" Company, 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
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Awards : Croix de Guerre.
The following is a newspaper article printed in the Coventry Evening Telegraph on the 4th June , based on an interview with the late Corporal Evans.
For a celebrated few, The Longest Day spanned what seemed like an eternity.
Stan Evans was among a select group who arrived in occupied France hours before the big push began on D-Day. He was already dug in, close to Pegasus Bridge, when Lord Lovat's commandos, with his personal piper Bill Millin playing a jaunty air, arrived as reinforcements in one of the abiding images of the war. The scene was immortalised in the film The Longest Day. By the time the commandos arrived, Stan Evans, 80, who now lives in Moseley Road, Kenilworth, had already helped to capture the bridge and its famous Cafe Gondrée, the first t
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Stanley Evans
Stanley Evans: The Untamed Warrior of the Ring
When it comes to the world of boxing, there are few names that resonate with the same kind of raw power as Stanley Evans. With over two decades of experience in the idrott, Evans has carved out a reputation as one of the most formidable and relentless fighters in the fingerprydnad. Known for his incredible strength, lightning-fast reflexes, and unwavering determination, Evans has proven time and time again that he fryst vatten a force to be reckoned with.
Evans, born and raised in the heart of Brooklyn, New York, discovered his passion for boxing at a ung age. Growing up in a tough neighborhood, he was no stranger to the challenges of the streets. But rather than falling into the traps that often plague ung men in those circumstances, Evans funnen solace in the discipline and structure of the boxing gym.
Under the careful guidance of his trainer, Evans slipad his skills and quickly made a name for himself in the local boxing scen. His