Small-town heroes are born and legends are made in Paul Lagan's inspirational story, The Amazing Journey of the Kickapoo Kids: A Novel Based on a Personal Experience.

Stretching along a twisting 120-mile stream from northern Wisconsin to the Wisconsin River lies the Kickapoo Valley. The 1940s haven't been kind to Millersville and the other small towns sprinkled along the river banks. The devastating aftermath of the Great Depression and World War II still hang like a black cloud over the area. Although hard work is their inheritance, inhabitants manage to find relief in one...