Böcker av Rupert Pratt

On February 5, 1954, an Air Force C-47 broke apart over the Susitna Valley of South Central Alaska and fell onto Kesugi Ridge. Six miraculously escaped, survived bone-chilling cold, and were rescued through the efforts of pilots Cliff Hudson and Don Sheldon. Unacquainted with one another before the accident, the Air Force men bonded in the hospital. Forty-two years later, the survivors and their families, the families of the victims, and rescuers came together for a reunion in Dayton, Ohio. It was a meeting that would change their lives. This is a true story, told by one of the survivors. Rupert Pratt's book celebrates life and friendship--themes set appropriately against the backdrop of Kesigi, "The Ancient One."

This is the sequel to Wine for Tomorrow, the novel that took Obadiah (Obie) Gainsworthy from his Adirondack hometown of Stafford Rest to the war in Italy and finally to the Bay Area of California. Now, he has regained lost faith and intends to serve God through his writing and as a military chaplain. But Obie suffers from the bitter disappointments of his love life, a failed pastoral ministry, and the scars of three wars. Two factors cast shadows over his peace of mind and his ability to serve as he believes he should: He still harbors hate for Laura Hunt for what he believes was her betrayal many years earlier. And his guilt for having killed an innocent German prisoner in Italy is never far from his mind. It's a love story, too; Obie's love for Cassie is the glue that holds things together