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Adventures of Rusty Son of Tall Elk
ISBN 0-7414-5213-8
Rusty has been with the Cheyenne that adopted him for three years. He fights horse stealing Crow and learns Indian ways, while struggling with questions of identity, white man or red Indian?
Bikini Wednesday
ISBN 0-7414-5716-4
Bikini Wednesday: Fatimah wears a bikini to a Malibu beach as a protest to Muslim ideas about women. CUTTING MOTHER IN HALF, like the other ten stories, deals with contemporary issues and humor.
Chipped Beef on Toast, SOS
ISBN 0-7414-1554-2 Infinity Publishing (keyword 'chipped')
A collection of mostly humorous stories about life in the military. Some are based on the author's adventures, most are the result of interviews with veterans. This is a work of fiction. The story of Stone Bear is different. While it may offend many Japanese, it deals with issues that need to be remembered.
Corporal Rusty
ISBN 0-7414-5986-8
Rusty tries to visit his white family, but finds he is on a wanted poster as a renegade. He faces being drafted into the Civil War, unless he can prove he is under age eighteen. To prove that means revealing his true name and renegade status. He does end up in the Union army, fights in the war, and when wounded, gets a discharge. He goes to Ireland and rescues his Indian sister Setting Sun. Once back with the Cheyenne he plans to marry Setting Sun after he makes a dangerous trip to the Blackfeet.
Rusty Son of Tall Elk
ISBN 978-1933255439
An innocent game of cowboys and Indians becomes a reality for 10-year-old Russell Weaver when he is captured by Cheyenne Indians in this historical adventure novel. "Rusty" is a bright, red-haired, freckled-faced farm boy from a German-Irish Midwest family, and when Chief Walks Fast sees Rusty's red hair, he adopts the boy. The chief has a daughter of mixed ancestry with fire red hair, and believes it will be strong medicine to raise a boy and a girl with this unusual trait. Rusty's new sister is one inch taller, one year older, and none too pleased about this new rival to her status. Rusty must prove himself to his new sister, make a place for himself in his new family, and adapt to an entirely alien way of life. He discovers a talent for storytelling, and becomes expert in making slings and javelins. Little by little, this pale stranger becomes assimilated into his new tribe, and at age 12 he undergoes a traditional vision quest and vows to stay with the Cheyenne until the age of 16.
Stone Bear
ISBN 0-7414-1991-2 Infinity Publishing
An American tale of an Irish Poacher and his struggle against English rule when even the use of their Gaelic language was forbidden. He finds life with the civilized Cherokee Indians better than the life of an Irishman in the big cities. He is called the White Cherokee. His family for generations struggle against race domination, from the White mans demand for land and gold to when Stone Bear, a great-great Grandson is not allowed to speak his native tongue at College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In WWII he fights the Japanese as "Shadow Demon" a guerilla soldier. Gold on the reservation is found by solving the mystery of an old tomahawk, in the 1960's when Indians in New Mexico are not allowed to vote.
Stone Bear and the Magic Bullet
ISBN 0-7414-2783-4 Infinity Publishing
District Attorney Martin heard the shot that murdered Judge Foster. He was on the bridge driving to the Judge's cabin. Ballistics experts say the slug that killed the judge came from the .38 Colt owned by D.A. Martin. A gun that was in his briefcase at the time of the shooting.
Martin calls his own private investigator, ex-FBI agent Webster and his companion, Cherokee tracker Stone Bear.
Stone Bear was an ex-marine with a reputation from his days as a guerilla warrior in the Pacific during WWII. With help from Berry, his Cherokee nephew, he figures out how the same bullet was used. Then he joins Webster in tracking down those behind the killing.
Escape Into Hell
ISBN 1591135508 Booklocker
It's all here - sadistic murder, nail-biting suspense, love and deception - all with an erotic hint stirred in. It dissolves the banality of normal life into the realm of madness without an escape....or is there?
Hart's Original Petpourri
As anyone who owns both a dog and a cat knows, dogs will "come when called" and cats will "get back to you." Well, that may be stretching the absolute truth just a bit, but in "Hart's Original Petpourri" you will discover many truths (and a whole bunch of fun facts) about your beloved companion and other members of the animal kingdom.
Hart brings a lively flavor to pet ownership, sharing his experiences as well as his jokes with those of us who delight in our animal friends. Dog people, cat people and lovers of all animals will enjoy this compendium of pet enjoyment.
The Prince of Keegan Bay
When the American born heir to the kingdom of Kushawa is hidden in an age-qualified retirement community, a battle of wits and tactics develops between the Kushawan Alliance of Royal Princes (KARP), determined to eliminate the infant, and a group of senior citizens, The Blenders, equally determined to save him. Doll Reynolds pulls the residents into a unified group while the baby's mother, Moira Robbins, risks her life to lure the KARP assassins away from her child.
Guide to Ministering to Alzheimer's Patients and Their Families
In Guide to Ministering to Alzheimer's Patients and Their Families, Dr. Pat Otwell examines the importance of spirituality in dealing with the everyday challenges this mysterious disease brings. It is not a "how to" manual with step-by-step instructions or "tried and true" formulas, but instead provides essential elements of ministering to those affected by dementia. The book is based on first-hand accounts of family members living through pain and uncertainty, author's experience in ministry, and her extensive reading. Topics explored include: nature and stages of Alzheimer's; desire to minister; theological understanding; grief and guilt; communicating with Alzheimer's patients; spiritual needs and implications for care; ethical issues; role of ministry in decision-making; models for ministry; faith, hope, and love; blessings; and resources. It is written primarily for pastors, pastoral counselors, priests, chaplains, church leaders, healthcare professionals, and seminary students.
Guide to Ministering to Alzheimer's Patients and Their Families was published by Taylor & Francis (Routledge imprint) in 2008 and can be purchased at Amazon.com. Please feel free to contact Dr. Otwell at: patotwell@hotmail.com.
American Castles
ISBN 1-4137-3652-1
A band of optimistic seniors work together to save their historic hotel from the clutches of city hall and its two-faced environmentalists. While meeting the obstacles hands on, they find time to share travel, the arts, games, and dancing. An old lady finds fulfillment. Couples discover their way back home. A young woman finds independence and everyone achieves respect and the joy of castling in Central Florida. Justice can be illusive, but determined seniors prove no one can steal their American Castles.
Mortal Coil
ISBN 9781897445914
When two residents in Ellen Lange's nursing home are murdered, Special Investigator Bill Watts is called to the scene. With the murders linked to others, known as the Ponytail crimes, it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again.
Bill is a Southerner; Ellen was raised in the Midwest. While Bill takes to Ellen's daughter, Patti, Ellen resists, claiming that she and her daughter are a team with no room for the once divorced Bill. Despite her efforts to remain aloof, Ellen finds herself falling in love with more than the South as the investigation progresses.
From the Inside Out
ISBN 1-58749-272-3 Awe-Struck E-books
A volunteer looks at staying motivated.
Tahitian Destiny
ISBN 1-4040-7444-8 Xlibris
Legend draws Laura to her ancestral home.
Tangled Web
In 1933, an underground coal mine explosion puts Catherine Jones father, Max, out of work. The family must earn a living in those depression days and the women: Catherine, Claire and their mother Alma go to work in the silk mill.
Wilkes-Barre's cohesive Welsh community is a haven of Protestant values and mutual support. It was also a hornet's nest of gossip. Neither a canary's death nor a girl's fall from grace escaped the locals chatter.
Good girls avoided the attention of the grandmothers' grapevine by behaving--in public--as ladies were expected to behave with good manners and self-control. In private, emotions roiled, passions were explored, appetites satiated, and the end results "talked about."
Or hidden.
Tangled Web is available from www.champagnebooks.com or at the Amazon Kindle Store.
The World the Flesh and the Devil
ISBN 1-4241-3819-1
In 1904, Margaret, the most passionate of the Donovan children, leaves her lumber mill family for a convent. She falls in love with her confessor, who's fulfilling a family obligation. Scandal and guilt drive the lovers apart. Margaret gives up her vocation and leaves her religiously obsessed father's house. She and Lily, her cellmate from the convent, move across the state to work in Lily's father's millinery shop. Margaret marries well, but the Roaring Twenties and subsequent crash of '29 tax her ingenuity. Then coincidence rekindles the earlier scandals, changing Margaret's and Lily's lives again.