Author: | Burr Cook | ISBN: | 9781370094202 |
Publisher: | Burr Cook | Publication: | December 18, 2016 |
Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
Author: | Burr Cook |
ISBN: | 9781370094202 |
Publisher: | Burr Cook |
Publication: | December 18, 2016 |
Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
Language: | English |
The first story is a fictional novel in which a young man from an Upstate New York community, inherits a South Carolina plantation and becomes a slave owner which is the last thing he wants to be. Although he hasn't given it a lot of thought in the past, he gradually becomes strongly opposed to the institution of slavery when he meets Buster, a slave. The second story involves a P-51 pilot during WWII. He was shot down and parachuted to safety but was captured by the Germans. He spent a year as a prisoner of war. The latter portion of that imprisonment was at Stalag VII-A Moosburg. After the war he returns to Germany to resolve a personal conflict. Next is a work of fiction in which a young man returns from World War I after being poison gassed in a trench in France. He falls in love with a nurse and moves to Arizona where he can breathe and get better on a sheep ranch. Lastly is a fast moving fictional romance. The location moves from Buffalo, New York to a Montana cattle ranch. A lonely widow answers an ad in a lonely hearts magazine and gets involved with a hard drinking cowboy.
The first story is a fictional novel in which a young man from an Upstate New York community, inherits a South Carolina plantation and becomes a slave owner which is the last thing he wants to be. Although he hasn't given it a lot of thought in the past, he gradually becomes strongly opposed to the institution of slavery when he meets Buster, a slave. The second story involves a P-51 pilot during WWII. He was shot down and parachuted to safety but was captured by the Germans. He spent a year as a prisoner of war. The latter portion of that imprisonment was at Stalag VII-A Moosburg. After the war he returns to Germany to resolve a personal conflict. Next is a work of fiction in which a young man returns from World War I after being poison gassed in a trench in France. He falls in love with a nurse and moves to Arizona where he can breathe and get better on a sheep ranch. Lastly is a fast moving fictional romance. The location moves from Buffalo, New York to a Montana cattle ranch. A lonely widow answers an ad in a lonely hearts magazine and gets involved with a hard drinking cowboy.