Where the Heart Was, Glenn G. Boyer – Author Guest Post
"Where the Heart Was" is dedicated to Abraham Lincoln who once called on the 'mystic chords of memory' as a way to preserve America; the country he labeled 'the last best hope of earth.' In his stunningly original novel, author and historian Glenn G. Boyer does just that, as he traces the history of the American Republic from the Revolution through the Civil War and Great Depression.
Poignantly interweaving his family history with major historical events, Boyer has written a novel for America and the world. "Where the Heart Was" is a literary tour de force who time has come, and is a definite candidate for 'Best American Novel.' - FROM THE BOOK BACK
FROM THE BOOK FAERY REVIEWS...Thanks to BoothMedia and Legendary Publishing company, I was able to snag Mr. Boyer for a bit and ask him why he wrote his novel Where the Heart Was.
FROM THE AUTHOR...I wrote "Where the Heart Was," to reinvoke the soul of the American Republic - that pride and fighting spirit that saw our nation through the American Revolution, the Civil War, the two World Wars - the patriotism that seems to have been cast aside in the 21st century.
The novel is set in the years of the Great Depression, and I used my own experiences as a kid growing up in Illinois and Wisconsin with a father out of work and contemplating suicide, and a mother whose life to that point had been a series of bad breaks.
Even through tough times, we all believed in Lincoln's eloquent evocation of America as, "The last, best hope of earth." I believe in it still. And I believe in literature that projects hope, not despair, that paints our nation as one that deserves Lincoln's statement.
We must learn from the past - our failures and mistakes as well as our victories - and we must take pride in our accomplishments as a nation.
This is a book unlike my other novels, although those, too, deal with history and characters who lived, struggled, survived.
It seems that I and everyone who grew up in the 30's and 40's are now members of Tom Brokaw's "Greatest Generation." We didn't know that then, but I recognize the truth of it. We never gave up, and we made it through.
"Where the Heart Was," took twenty years to write. Hopefully, it will be read, re-read, enjoyed, and understood as a love song to America and its people - not only as the land of the free and the home of the brave, but as an advocate of freedom everywhere.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR...Glenn G. Boyer was born January 5, 1924, in a log cabin in north central Wisconsin. A child of the Great Depression, Boyer served in the U.S. Armed Forces for 22 years beginning in 1943, during the height of WWII.
Boyer first read about Wyatt Earp in 1937, an event that had a significant bearing on the remainder of his life. At the time, he was just about to learn that his father had known Wyatt personally and on a casual basis, but had never realized who he was, since at that time he was not yet famous. This is difficult to believe today given that Wyatt Earp is an international legend.
Now 85, Boyer has devoted some 71 years to the diligent research, preservation and sharing of irreplaceable and historically significant information regarding the real story behind Wyatt Earp and events in Tombstone, Arizona. And as he emphasizes, even more important may have been discovering how myths are made – the universal steps observable in the creation of each legendary hero – from Homer’s Achilles though Robin Hood, Davy Crockett, down to Wyatt Earp in our time.
Besides the full-time job of being an internationally celebrated author, historian, and Wyatt Earp authority, Boyer reads extensively and with great interest in social subjects. He particularly enjoys education, economics, world affairs, psychology, and politics. He is an avid reader of Business Week, Scientific American and the Wall Street Journal. He is also a gifted painter, dabbles with predictive statistics, pistol shooting, and photography. - FROM AUTHOR SITE
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