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Free Excerpt From The Book (requires Adobe Reader) In the spring of 1943, Hitler and Mussolini were near the apex of their powers. In the same spring, Will, a lumberjack and amateur baseball player, falls in love with Dena, a beautiful and head-strong co-ed. While a world war rages, their dreams are threatened, first by classism when Will is declared “not good enough” to be a suitor for Dena’s hand. Meanwhile, a group of powerful businessmen have designs to exploit his extraordinary baseball skills for their financial gain until the Ku Klux Klan intervenes.Will finds refuge in the US Army’s 366th Infantry Regiment and the famed Buffalo Soldiers of the 92nd Infantry Division fighting Hitler’s Wehrmacht in Italy. He bonds with three members of his infantry platoon. Their leader called them the Four Musketeers. Their generation has been called America’s greatest. Together, the friends become a tight-knit family, at times fighting among themselves, and at other times, uniting to take on all-comers – other American servicemen, perverse use of courts-martial, and the Wehrmacht. They pool their skills to make the best of army life while continuously evolving their own unique reasons why they should fight the Germans. They meet and embrace Italian partisans in their homes and side by side on the battlefield against the Germans. In the face of hardships and death, Will is challenged with finding purpose for his life. During Italy’s harsh Tuscany winter in the middle of a war, can Will find his path to the life he and Dena dreamed?
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In Will and Dena, we witness the evolution of a remarkable man. Will is a gentle, polite, somewhat awkward, and unlettered country boy who is armed with a phenomenal baseball talent. Under the tutelage of a wise and caring father, and with the steadfast love of a beautiful girl, he emerges to become a brilliant soldier and a solid figure of a man... Bob Rogers’ story is peppered with memories of days in the old south during the forties; hog butchering, chicken feeding, cooking on wood burning stoves and making do... A great read. Reading Will and Dena was like sitting on the sidelines and watching the action. I felt like I was there. I enjoyed every word. You will too! Readers will find Will and Dena both a beautiful love story as well as a walk through the times of World War II…. I loved the way that Bob Rogers wove the works of Langston Hughes into this book... Readers will be captivated by Will and feel his struggles... Bob Rogers' story-telling in Will & Dena, engages the imagination for those who missed an era forever renowned for its honor [– America’s greatest generation].
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| About the Author | |
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Bob Rogers, an IBMer for thirty-three years, is president of Global Medical Data in Charlotte, NC. He is a former army captain, Vietnam War veteran, and a charter member of Baltimore, MD’s 9th and 10th (Horse) Cavalry Association chapter. Bob is an avid baseball fan and lives in Charlotte. |
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