Wide Place in the Road

Résumé du livre

Beautiful Hallie Lamont, the ranchers daughter, excites country boy Jessie Rascoe. But Maria Hunter, the dark eyed mountain girl, captures his heart in this earthy narrative based on real characters and historic events experienced by author Richard C. Kirkland. Richard grew up in a small mountain community during the great depression, then flew 103 combat missions in the famous "Flying Knights" fighter squadron in WWII. Utilizing those personal experiences, rare in today's literary world, he brings a fascinating slice of history to life and laces it with a heart warming love story that conveys the ambience, jargon and human interaction of that "Greatest Generation.