Goad of Honor Contributor(s): Byers, Stephen P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1478185236 ISBN-13: 9781478185239 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6" W x 9" (0.93 lbs) 316 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A story of subterfuge, murder and atonement An illegitimate son, born in Germany in the first half of the nineteenth century, raised in aristocratic wealth by a well-to-do family, seizes the opportunity to escape to America, bringing a new identity, passing to his descendants a pretense of European nobility. Ninety years later, the lives of three young men intersect in Bordeau, Missouri, the community founded by the German immigrant. An Appreciation by John & Linda Lipman: "The real pleasure of this book lies in developing characters with supporting roles who portray insightful people in real life situations. Jakob's alleged great-grandfather who built the distillery one stone at a time; his son who took over and made a business of it; his grandson, inspired by his grandfather's craft and terrorized by the reality of management during those troubled times. |