About the Author

Rebecca Johnston is a doctoral candidate at the University of Exeter. She works as an English Professor at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida, and she serves as Vice-President of the Florida Hemingway Society. She enjoys spending her free time kayaking and boating in Cedar Key, Florida, where she lives with her husband and their daughter. She is also a proud parent of a financial advisor, a Marine, a teacher, and an artist.

Reviews

Travel through time! Love this novel! It really transported me through time and let me experience what brotherhood was to the men who fought WWI and returned as wounded vets; with visible and invisible wounds. Powerful novel, kept me wanting to hear more about their lives and relationships. Highly recommend!!
Beautifully written American historical fiction. I am definitely better off for having read this book. I knew nothing of the Bonus Army, the WPA camps or several other historical topics that are discussed. I felt like I was sitting on an old Florida front porch, listening to Uncle Will tell his stories. Rebecca is able to take you back in time to an era that is often overlooked and she helps you understand why we must never forget it. This book is beautifully written and it will be at the top of my list for recommendations for many years to come.
Great Book. I really enjoyed this book. I think the author did a very good job at capturing the everyday life of the our ancestors during this time period in this part of Florida. Like many of the stories I have heard before from "Old Timers", the people during this time did what they had to do to survive. I'm ashamed to say I have never known, or thought about, how the veterans of WW1 were received back home after the war. This isn't something that we are taught growing up in school. Moving forward I will continue to learn more about this subject. Thank you Mrs. Johnston for bringing this to light for me, while also entertaining me with stories of running from "the Man".