"A River Away" is not merely a chronological trip through time by ordinary characters. Instead it tells the story of the author's fourth great grandfather who intimately knew the historical figures portrayed in this novel of love, intrigue and survival.
(prologue)Samuel was not certain he lived until he felt the weight of a Indian upon his back. The savage thrust his knee between Samuel's shoulder blades, seized a clump of his hair and yanked back his head. An excruciating sliver of pain sliced around his hairline and met at the nape of his neck. He screamed and prayed it would soon be finished. The Indian ripped away his scalp as one would skin a rabbit.
Samuels last recollection was the savage'd war hoop mingling with the others in the forest.
A novel about a family during World War II, set on the homefront in Springield, Mass., and in the South Pacific. The book focuses on four characters and how their lives were affected and changed during the war years.
