Category: Historical Fiction Publisher: 1st World Publishng
ISBN-10: 9781421898490
Type: Fiction
Pages: 252
Copyright: March 28, 2008
Compelled by tragic events to abandon his native home in Scotland, Old Stewart, dedicated and detemined embarks upon a long and arduous journey with his remarkable dog to rejoin those few remaining family members who immigrated to America before him. Along the way, the old Scotsman and his dog touch the lives of others so indelibly, that their memory is kept alive for generations to follow. Richard Hooton weaves a tale that is filled with heart-rending emotion and equal measures of levity and suspense as it time-slips through the years and across the vast plains of the Great American West to a place called Soldier Hollow.
The saga of Soldier Hollow follows generations of three rural families as they immigrate to America and move west into Missouri, Texas, Utah and Idaho. Richard's wonderful knack for storytelling captures the imagination and propels his readers into the past as they follow the journey toward Soldier Hollow.
Which way shall I take the course to my reader’s hearts,
What scale and tools do I collect with,
What voyeur’s wrap I claim in readiness.
Are the ages of my father come to bear,
Or will be for next generation’s benefit:
And for sure hope luck to smile a lot,
Unless I weaken in devotion,
That I harbor this pretext,
Where course is subject to a wanton age.
Gather, flock with us; examine all to beyond:
Valiant person have surpassed our time.
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
