Based on the memoirs of a Pearl Harbor survivor. Letters from two pen pals take the reader on a journey into the past, a past where nightmares came true, and when hatred reigned.
First Place Winner in historical fiction in the Purple Dragonfly Awards for excellence in children's literature, and named a U.P. Notable Classic.
Feel like you are in the moment nearly 100 years ago with a young girl, daughter of Finnish immigr
Scott ranks the pleasure of writing at the top of the scale clustered with reading, shooting, breathing and sex.
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Scott's career began at the Kansas City Star, for a time veering into military service in Korea, Washington, D.C., and Vietnam. He is a product of the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas and the Center for Coordination of Ancient and Modern Studies at the University of Michigan. He spent the bulk of his career as a newspaper reporter and editor. His first novel, A Corporal No More, is based on the experiences and sufferings of his great-grandfather during the Civil War.