In Dangerous Guests, Ken Miller reveals how wartime pressures nurtured a budding patriotism in the ethnically diverse revolutionary community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During the War for Independence, American revolutionaries held more than thirteen thousand prisoners both British regulars and their so-called Hessian auxiliaries in makeshift detention camps far from the fighting. As the Americans' principal site for incarcerating enemy prisoners of war, Lancaster stood at the nexus of two vastly different revolutionary worlds: one national, the other intensely local. Captives came under the control of local officials loosely supervised by state and national authorities. Concentrating the prisoners in the heart of their communities brought the revolutionaries enemies to their doorstep, with residents now facing a daily war at home.

Many prisoners openly defied their hosts, fleeing, plotting, and rebelling, often with the clandestine support of local loyalists. By early 1779, General George Washington, furious over the captives ongoing attempts to subvert the American war effort, branded them "dangerous guests in the bowels of our Country." The challenge of creating an autonomous national identity in the newly emerging United States was nowhere more evident than in Lancaster, where the establishment of a detention camp served as a flashpoint for new conflict in a community already unsettled by stark ethnic, linguistic, and religious differences. Many Lancaster residents soon sympathized with the Hessians detained in their town while the loyalist population considered the British detainees to be the true patriots of the war. Miller demonstrates that in Lancaster, the notably local character of the war reinforced not only preoccupations with internal security but also novel commitments to cause and country."

In Dangerous Guests, Ken Miller reveals how wartime pressures nurtured a budding patriotism in the ethnically diverse revolutionary community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During the War for Independence, American revolutionaries held more than thirteen thousand prisoners-both British regulars and their so-called Hessian auxiliaries-in makeshift detention camps far from the fighting. As the Americans' principal site for incarcerating enemy prisoners of war, Lancaster stood at the nexus of two vastly different revolutionary worlds: one national, the other intensely local. Captives came under the control of local officials loosely supervised by state and national authorities. Concentrating the prisoners in the heart of their communities brought the revolutionaries' enemies to their doorstep, with residents now facing a daily war at home. Many prisoners openly defied their hosts, fleeing, plotting, and rebelling, often with the clandestine support of local loyalists. By early 1779, General George Washington, furious over the captives' ongoing attempts to subvert the American war effort, branded them "dangerous guests in the bowels of our Country." The challenge of creating an autonomous national identity in the newly emerging United States was nowhere more evident than in Lancaster, where the establishment of a detention camp served as a flashpoint for new conflict in a community already unsettled by stark ethnic, linguistic, and religious differences. Many Lancaster residents soon sympathized with the Hessians detained in their town while the loyalist population considered the British detainees to be the true patriots of the war. Miller demonstrates that in Lancaster, the notably local character of the war reinforced not only preoccupations with internal security but also novel commitments to cause and country.

Beware the Abyss is the sequel to the historical novel Return to the Bosque. Teenager Jody Whitman is beaten unconscious and his girlfriend violated when they witness the brutal whipping of a young woman by Whit Anson and Captain Oliver Lewis, owners of saloons and brothels in Fort Worth, Texas' notorious red light district known as the Acre. As Jody grows into adulthood that horrific incident continues to haunt him, his friends, and his family. When his best friend is murdered and the woman he loves savagely beaten, he challenges Anson to a fight in the Acre. Charged with murder, the only one who can attest to Jody's innocence is Captain Lewis' daughter. A final showdown with Captain Lewis brings Jody to the edge of an evil abyss. If he crosses over and exacts his revenge, he will become as malevolent and cold hearted as Lewis. __________________________ Ken Miller, the author of the internationally acclaimed historical novels: Evening of Pale Sunshine, Weep Without Tears, and Return to the Bosque, lives in Texas where he is active in book discussions, public library support, and genealogy research.

Pirates seize a ship full of illegal weapons meant for a rebel army, and set off a deadly race for control of the ship - and an embattled country. Big Oil, dirt-poor rebels, pirates with MBAs and the State Department compete while Drew Alexander, troubleshooter for Tembley Marine, tries to keep the bloodshed to a minimum. He's guided by Vivienne Maloux, whose loyalties are in question but whose skills are clearly lethal. With a foreword by U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, former chair of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Unconventional Threats.

This book tells the story of one blind man's journey from childhood to adulthood. Written with humor and honesty, it follows him through the ups and downs of life that everyone gets to grapple with: self-worth, belonging and purpose. Now toss one more item into the mix: he is haunted by the specter of an uncertain future. He believes that for his life to be good, he must have his sight.
With medical options out of the question, only one source of 20/20 vision remains: a miracle. But when Ken seeks that miracle through faith, he collides with the unexpected.
From small-town bike rides, baseball games and train rides to a department chairman's chilling words, shopping in Chicago, going into business and raising a family, these stories of discovery, denial, danger, disillusionment, dogged persistence, dumb luck and destiny will put a smile on your face and a tear in your eye. So, grab your glasses and cane, flap your fins and let the adventure begin - it's time to flip out of the fish bowl

To protect her family, Sarah Whitman is forced to kill two intruders at her ranch who are fleeing from the law after a government robbery. Those murders haunt her as she searches for her missing husband in the raw frontier town of Fort Worth, Texas during the post-Civil War era.

Accompanied by her teenage daughter, infant son, and their pet dog, Sarah is aided in her quest by a saloon madam, a Shakespeare quoting newspaper owner, a young deputy marshal, an alcoholic attorney, and, through it all, the memories of her deceased father. Hounding her every move is a private investigator, Jack Kilpatrick, who suspects Sarah has knowledge of the stolen funds.

The search leads Sarah into a courtroom where lynch law threatens to explode, to a remote Indian village to rescue her son, and, finally, to a sanatorium where she finds the clue that leads to her husband and allows her to "Return to the Bosque."

To protect her family, Sarah Whitman is forced to kill two intruders at her ranch who are fleeing from the law after a government robbery. Those murders haunt her as she searches for her missing husband in the raw frontier town of Fort Worth, Texas during the post-Civil War era.

Accompanied by her teenage daughter, infant son, and their pet dog, Sarah is aided in her quest by a saloon madam, a Shakespeare quoting newspaper owner, a young deputy marshal, an alcoholic attorney, and, through it all, the memories of her deceased father. Hounding her every move is a private investigator, Jack Kilpatrick, who suspects Sarah has knowledge of the stolen funds.

The search leads Sarah into a courtroom where lynch law threatens to explode, to a remote Indian village to rescue her son, and, finally, to a sanatorium where she finds the clue that leads to her husband and allows her to "Return to the Bosque."

Weep Without Tears is a historical novel set in the turbulent post-war times of the 1970's. Epic in scope, it is a stirring adventure story of love, faith, and courage in the face of persecution and impending death. An exhilarating tale of a courageous young orphan boy, a man fighting for his life, and the woman who will unite them at the risk of losing the one she loves. Ken Miller writes with authority in this critically-acclaimed sequel to Evening of Pale Sunshine. The inspirational journey will keep you turning the pages. Laurie Moore, Edgar Nominated author of Constable's Apprehension Ken Miller's novel Weep Without Tears was the winner of a Lu Spurlock Black Gold Writing Award for an outstanding novel at the Fourth Annual Texans Writing to the World Writer's Conference. epic novel captured the sights, sounds, and smells of Asia and the culture and religious beliefs of the people.--John R. Gilbert, Lt. Colonel, Infantry (Ret.) An excellent novel with a mixture of human interest and history. I am working on translation into Chinese.--Liu, Kuan-Sheng, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic Of China

Weep Without Tears is a historical novel set in the turbulent post-war times of the 1970's. Epic in scope, it is a stirring adventure story of love, faith, and courage in the face of persecution and impending death. An exhilarating tale of a courageous young orphan boy, a man fighting for his life, and the woman who will unite them at the risk of losing the one she loves. Ken Miller writes with authority in this critically-acclaimed sequel to Evening of Pale Sunshine. The inspirational journey will keep you turning the pages. Laurie Moore, Edgar Nominated author of Constable's Apprehension Ken Miller's novel Weep Without Tears was the winner of a Lu Spurlock Black Gold Writing Award for an outstanding novel at the Fourth Annual Texans Writing to the World Writer's Conference. epic novel captured the sights, sounds, and smells of Asia and the culture and religious beliefs of the people.--John R. Gilbert, Lt. Colonel, Infantry (Ret.) An excellent novel with a mixture of human interest and history. I am working on translation into Chinese.--Liu, Kuan-Sheng, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic Of China

More than Fifteen Minutes of Fame tracks screen performance's trajectory from dominant discourses of realism and authenticity towards increasingly acute degrees of self-referentiality and self-reflexivity. Exploring the symbiotic relationship between changing forms of onscreen representation and our shifting status as social subjects, the book provides an original perspective through international examples from cinema, experimental production, documentary, television, and the burgeoning landscape of online screen performance. In an emerging culture of participatory media, the creation of a screen-based presence for our own performances of identity has become a currency through which we validate ourselves as subjects of the contemporary, hyper-mediatized world. In this post-dramatic, post-Warhol climate, the author's contention is that we are becoming increasingly wedded to screen media - not just as consumers but as producers and performers.