title: The Very Air: A Novel
author:  Douglas Bauer 
description: It's a good story, if a touch improbable, with all the right elements in place: the rise and fall of that quintessential American hero, the salesman; the ending of Hollywood's golden age; the birth of broadcasting. It is material in which Mr. Bauer justifiably delights and, when he is at his best, is more than a match for.... contains enough life and substance to make most readers forget about its flaws... a very funny book. -- <i>The New York Times Book Review, Robert Houston</i>
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  FLY UP INTO THE NIGHT AIR
  
    
  
  by John Houser
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
  Copyright 2011 by John Houser
  
  Smashwords Edition
  
    
  
  All Rights Reserved.
  
    
  
  ISBN: 978-1-4657-3341-2
  
    
  
  All characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to
  persons living or dead is strictly coincidental.
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
  **Harte**
  
    
  
  The white-clad sister pointed. Harte followed her extended finger across the
  ward to a still form occupying one of the narrow cots. Tangled, chestnut hair
  draped the boy's shoulders. One bare arm trailed off the side of the cot, much
  as a fisherman's arm might trail off the side of his skiff on a hot summer
  day. From Harte's side of the ward, he looked quite peaceful resting sunlight
  from the narrow windows. Harte left the sister and walked over to the cot.
  From the closer vantage point, his peaceful fantasy quickly dissolved. Hair on
  the right side of the boy's face was matted to his head. Dried blood filled
  his ear. His right eye was blac