Hessian Soldier, American Pioneer: A March to Destiny (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781544785226)

Alfred Patrick grew up in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains of Southwest Virginia, the setting for his Clinch series of three novels and for the latter part of his historical fiction, Hessian Soldier, American Pioneer. His first four years in elementary school were in a rural one-room school where one teacher taught grades one through seven. The lifestyle portrayed in the Clinch series is what the author, his family, friends, and neighbors lived. Following graduation from Honaker High School in Russell County and from Bluefield College, Alfred earned bachelor and master's degrees at Virginia Tech and a doctorate at the University of Tennessee. He taught at Virginia High School in Bristol, at Longwood College in Farmville, Virginia, at Northeast Louisiana State University in Monroe, and at UT in Knoxville. Over a span of 33 years, the author served as professor, department chair, MBA program director, and dean in the College of Business at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond; he retired from EKU in 1998. He enjoys reading, writing, traveling, gardening, crossword puzzles, and backpacking. Alfred has hiked the entire Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, the John Muir Trail in California, and other trails. He and his wife, Peggy, live in Richmond, Kentucky.