CENTERVILLE is historical fiction based largely, but not entirely, on real places, characters and events. It features a powerful love story. There is a time-travel to the mid-1800s and then to the year 2000. Considerable information from the 1800s is included on German culture, immigration stories, religious practices, political thought, clearing of forests, farming, early building construction, and various challenges and tragedies of the time. The book is both informative and entertaining.

JACKSON'S KENYA is, in a sense, three stories of growth: one of a young Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya in the early 1970s, one of a young Kenyan who helped to enrich that experience, and one that took place in a nation in its first decade of independence. This non-fiction book is informative and honest, covering both the positive and negative aspects of the experience, the processes of discovery and accomplishment, and the reflections afterward. The reader will surely gain a better appreciation of the Peace Corps, Kenya and its people.

THE WIEGANDS OF TOWN CENTERVILLE focuses on the history of the Wiegand family ancestry since arrival from Germany and homesteading of the farm in 1848. The history also includes information in Germany as far back as the author could discover. A limited number of copies were printed and designated for relatives and historical societies. If anyone has a specific interest in the book for research purposes, please contact the author directly.