FICTION

IN SEARCH OF HONOR
Rockland to Round Top

by Russell A. Dole
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   In Search Of Honor begins the story of a young man’s coming of age. With the passing of Maine Civil War hero Joshua L. Chamberlain in 1914, Benjamin Dean, the narrator, goes back to the mid 1800s to recount the circumstances surrounding his first meeting with the man who would become his mentor. Book I: Maine, chronicles the Dean family’s beginnings along Penobscot Bay and the fateful year of 1853. From the rocky shores of the Maine coast, to the deep dark forests of the Maine Woods, Benjamin takes us on the journey that will change his life forever.
 
The author is a retired history teacher from Rockland, where he, his wife Darcy, son Ben, and daughter Carrie lived for several years. He and his wife currently reside in Portland with their pet cat Morris.