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What Goes Around, a work of historical fiction, recounts the events leading up to the death of Harold, king of England, at the Norman Conquest led by his cousin and arch rival William, Duke of Normandy. Such events include Harold’s visits to the Norman coast; his friendship with Edward the Confessor, then King of England; and his attempts to counter the Duke’s attempts to bully his way to the English throne. What Goes Around, although fiction is solidly based upon the real-life encounters between Harold and William, his power-hungry cousin across the English Channel.
The novel includes as well an examination of another character, a twentieth century “boat-builder,” Harry Godwin, his adventures on the Pacific coast and his eventual and fateful encounter with Harold at the Bayeux tapestry.
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ISBN 1-4626-4520-8
PublishAmerica
October, 2011 |
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Hermanos is a story of cultures in conflict. Set in a small town in California, the novel describes the clash of values when two brothers, Alfredo and Mario Alhambra, show up to surf at what a high school classmate considers his surfing grounds. Mario, a freshman newly enrolled at Mission High School, finds himself alone, without the protection of his older brother, Aflredo, and at the brutality of ugly discrimination.
Chris Battleson, longtime surfer, realizes that he is caught in the middle of this clash and, ultimately, finds himself aligned with Alfredo in the aftermath of Mario’s conflict. Woven into the story are Chris’ own problems as he and his girlfriend, Reeni, find that they must face their parents with the fact of their own imminent parenthood.
While Hermanos searches for answers to the age-old problems of arrogance and discrimination, the novel also shines a quiet light on solutions which contain tolerance and love. |
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ISBN 1-4137-9149-2
PublishAmerica
November, 2005 |
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Toby: In Five Acts recounts the experiences of young Toby Giles as he learns, through a series of experiences, to come to terms with a tragic incident that scarred his young life. Toby begins life with his twin brother, Donnie, but discovers that he must learn to find his way in a world that is both loving and traumatic...until he meets an old man who insists that Toby accompany him on a journey of renewal and rebirth. |
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ISBN 1-4241-4200-8
PublishAmerica
August, 2006 |
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Out of Bodie by Roderic Schmidt |
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Adam O’Kee is the half-Cherokee son of a prosperous brothel
owner from the gold rush town of Bodie, California. Young
and strong-willed, Adam is forced to grow up quickly after the
unexpected death of his beloved mother. Left without family,
Adam fl ees the little town to begin his life anew at the tender
age of eight.
Mathilda Jamison and her family are on their way to California
when they are left stranded with their covered wagon on
the vast plains east of the Sierra-Nevada. With few supplies
left and the danger of predators emerging from the prairie,
Mathilda and her family are rescued by Adam, who falls in
love with the sensitive and intelligent young woman.
Struggling to fi ght discrimination and the oppression of social
order, Adam and Mattie seek out a better life for themselves,
fi rst in the Sierras then on a ranch in the central valley town
of Modesto. Set from the beginning of the California Gold
Rush in the1860’s to the 1880’s, Out of Bodie is a tender love
story retold in the 1950’s by a now aging Mattie to her greatgrandson,
Little Adam O’Kee.
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ISBN 978-1-60860-469-2
Eloquent Books
June, 2009 |
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