"Dubaville, PA, 1863." Thirteen-year-old Darrell Stouffer is infamous for the pranks he plays at school; in fact, they got him expelled. He also wants to win fame and glory as a soldier in the Union army, but his father forbids him from volunteering. Then, suddenly, General Robert E. Lee's Confederate army appears in the area. Darrell runs away to Gettysburg, just fifteen miles from Darrell's small town, hoping to join the Union soldiers gathering there to defend Pennsylvania. War, as it turns out, is not as Darrell could have ever imagined, not even in his wildest dreams. "True Heroes of...

"Dubaville, PA, 1863." Thirteen-year-old Darrell Stouffer is infamous for the pranks he plays at school; in fact, they got him expelled. He also wants to win fame and glory as a soldier in the Union army, but his father forbids him from volunteering. Then, suddenly, General Robert E. Lee's Confederate army appears in the area. Darrell runs away to Gettysburg, just fifteen miles from Darrell's small town, hoping to join the Union soldiers gathering there to defend Pennsylvania. War, as it turns out, is not as Darrell could have ever imagined, not even in his wildest dreams. "True Heroes of...

War and People is an action adventure novel. Its setting includes the Second Iraq War, the events leading up to the war, and the immediate post invasion phase of the war. It focuses on two families, one American and one Iraqi, whose lives become heavily involved in the war. Opening chapters include the childhood adventures of the children of these families, adventures which help develop their individual personalities, and also set the views that determine the nature of their later participation in the war. The mid portion of the book proceeds on into the invasion stage of the war, and...

About this book: This book is an autobiography; it follows one person's lifetime. It begins with early childhood and follows the steps leading to entrance and progress through medical school, family developments, practice years, retirement, and post retirement. It attempts to relate not only his actions, but also why he did the things he did, what mattered to him, what worked out and what did not, what gave joy and meaning to his life, what insights he acquired, and what was his developing phiulosophy of life. About the author: Dr. Hinman was born in 1933 in a small farming community in...