title: I Get It Now!: A Guide to Teaching and Understanding Novels using Centerline as an Example
author: Dave McIntyre
description: Dr. Dave McIntyre, author of CENTERLINE and this guide to reading/ teaching/ understanding novels (using CENTERLINE as an example), has taught for more than a quarter of a century at the high school, undergraduate, graduate, and PhD/DBA levels. Dr. McIntyre graduated from the United States Military Academy, and spent thirty years in the United States Army, retiring as a Colonel. He taught English composition, as well as English and American literature, in the Department of English at West Point. He retired as the Dean of Faculty and Academics at the National War College. His other military time was divided between duty with airborne and armored reconnaissance units, and writing and teaching strategy at the national level. For two years after 9/11 he was deputy director of a national think tank on homeland security, and for four years he directed a graduate program in homeland security at Texas A&amp;M University. He has also taught national and homeland security at George Washington University, the University of Texas, and the National Graduate School. Dr. McIntyre is presently a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute, in Falls Church, VA, and a lecturer at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, at Texas A&amp;M. His educational background includes: a BS in Engineering from the United States Military Academy; an MA in English and American Literature from Auburn University; a PhD in Political Science from the University of Maryland. Other recent publications include: - Business Continuity and Homeland Security, Vol 1, by Edward Elgar publishers, 2011 (co-edited with William Hancock). - A white paper in Risk Management for the Department of Homeland Security; - A national report card on security against Bio-Terrorism for the Bipartisan WMD Center. In his career, Dr. McIntyre has taught more than 50 graduate and undergraduate courses, participated in more than 1000 media interviews on security issues, and conducted more than 900 interviews as co-host of his own radio program. But his first academic love remains reading, writing and teaching literature.
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  _Contents_
  
  
  [ACKNOWLEDGMENTS](AroundtheOpryT_ackn-1.html)
  
  
  [INTRODUCTION](AroundtheOpryT_intr-1.html)
  
  
  [Uncle Dave Macon](AroundtheOpryT_chap-1.html)
  
  
  [Pee Wee King](AroundtheOpryT_chap-2.html