In the Shadows of His Mind

About the Book

This is the story about the trials of a family and the barriers
that can thwart or distort love unless they are overcome.
An unwanted son, raised by a single mother who claimed
the father abandoned them, refused to allow the cruelty of
his mother to ruin his life.

In the confusing times of his life, Rob refers to his favorite
saying: “Sometimes there is sadness in life’s journey, but
there is also a lot of beauty.” He never loses sight of the
beauty.

About the Author

Richard was born in Fayetteville, a small village in south-central
Pennsylvania, graduated from Chambersburg High School,
attended Gettysburg College, and earned a bachelor’s and master’s
degree from Shippensburg University. After teaching social
sciences for thirty-seven years, he retired and fulfilled a lifelong
dream of researching and writing. He previously published two
Civil War historical biographies.

For Honor, Flag, and Family depicts the life of the only Civil
War general from Franklin County, Samuel W. Crawford. This
renaissance man was more than a Union infantry commander;
he was a scholar, a surgeon, a world traveler, an explorer, and a
humanitarian for his family.

An Irish Soldier’s Patriotic Journey tells the story of John Doran,
an Irish immigrant who served thirteen years in the Civil War and
post-Civil War in the First Regiment of the U.S. Artillery. During
the Civil War, he suffered from starvation, sleep deprivation, an
eye injury, and a foot injury that caused a debilitating limp. When
he returned to Meriden, Connecticut, to continue his career as
an iron molder, his injuries and medical maladies haunted him
until forced to give up manual labor. For the next twenty years,
he struggled to receive a small invalid pension.

Richard and his wife, Karen, witnessed the abuse of a young boy
while shopping. The incident never left his conscience and led to
the writing of his first novel, In the Shadows of his Mind.