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Separated from his wife, adrift in New York City, Ollie Morton
returns to Pittsfield, his hometown in the Berkshire Hills, for his
mother's funeral and decides to stay. He joins the law firm of his
father and brother Ben - a state senator with a thriving practice.
But old sibling rivalries threaten to re-ignite as the two brothers
get back together. More disturbing is the ghost Ollie encounters, a
ghost from over a hundred years before, with Ollie's name, and
whose past life mirrors Ollie's present. The story shifts to
Pittsfield in 1861 where two brothers, Oliver and Ben Morton, are
heading off to war, and dealing with their own growing rivalry,
played out on the battlefields of the Civil War. As Ollie's own
problems with Ben head to their climax, is he doomed to repeat the
mistakes of his family's past? Do the bad acts of one brother ever
justify the bad acts of another? Will the ghosts of his family's
past lead Ollie to safety, or push him into a fight that echoes
down the generations?
				
		  
	 
	
 
                            
                                
	
	
		
			
		
		
	
	
	
		
			
				
			
	
 
			
			
			
Fresh from college graduation and a break-up with his long-time
girlfriend, Tom Reardon now has to decide what to do with the rest
of his life. He heads off to the tiny Berkshire town of Chilton
Falls, where he can think through the clean slate life has given
him. He takes a job at the Iron Bear Inn, and old bar with a new
owner, Gino, who has his own dreams of a new life. The world of the
Iron Bear provides Tom with examples of life lessons to be
followed. . . and avoided. Life at the Iron Bear also offers up its
own complications for Tom. It is up to him to sort them out and
choose his life's path. But there are so many paths to choose from
- how does he know which is the right one? Are any of them the
right one?
				
		  
	 
	
 
                            
                                
	
	
		
			
		
		
	
	
	
		
			
				
			
	
 
			
			
			
Of all the wars fought in or by America, only one takes its name
from a single person. 
 In 1675, when the English hold on New England was still fragile,
one Indian, King Philip, organized the seperate Algonquin tribes
into one powerful, military force with a single objective - to
drive the English settlers back into the sea. King Philip's War
almost did just that. 
 For a year Algonquin forces terrorized English settlements. Out of
ninety New England towns, fifty-two felt the ferocity of the
Algonquin attack. Twelve were completely destroyed before the
English regained the upper hand. To the settlers, King Philip
represented all that was despicable about the Indians. They
considered him a wicked savage, a devilish scoundrel. 
 But to himself, he wasn't even King Philip. 
 He was - 
 Metacomet - sachem of the Algonquin. But he did agree with the
English on one thing. This was his war.
				
		  
	 
	
 
                            
                            
                        
                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
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