Kevin Prochaska: 3 books

During the winter of 1944, American and German armies are locked in a desperate, bloody battle in the Hurtgen forest on the German-Belgium border. The forest, of no military significance, has become a point of pride to American commanders who stubbornly throw division after division into the costly campaign....

In the Far North, a secret river of gold containing riches beyond imagination beckons young Billy Gaynor. Billy sets out from Minnesota to San Francisco, and as he travels, gains an appreciation of his heritage from famous soldiers, adventurers, inventors, and statesmen he meets whose deeds have helped...

A bitter Mulatto man searches for meaning in his tumultuous existence while struggling to find his relationship to God.