“Benjamin”

About the Book

After the close of the American Civil War men went back to what had been home. For many of them it meant starting over to rebuild a new life. Such was the case with Benjamin Franklin Harris an eighteen year old boy turned into a man. Traveling, or in his case walking, west with a group of exwar friends God directed him to an immigrant German farmer who wanted nothing more than to be a good American and see his daughters married. Hans and Bessie Fredrickson took Benjamin into their home and became his new family

About the Author

I am married to my wife Joan. We have two married sons, Warren and Christopher and six grandsons who all reside in Ohio. In my retirement I have time to reflect on my past, sleep late and write about a life that might have been.