The Hills Shall Be Removed: Volume 1 - Holzhei, Robert E.
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During November of 1918, the Old Man, Luke's father was born in a farm house on a desolate two track dirt road east of a small Hamlet consisting of a few houses, a store, post office, grain elevator and church. The tradition that one would continue to farm was required. The early settlers came over from Germany in the 1670's arriving in the British Colonies before venturing out to establish homesteads for themselves in Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, Wisconsin and Michigan. German citizens were expelled from Germany during the later stages of World War II. First ethnic Germans were removed,…mehr

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During November of 1918, the Old Man, Luke's father was born in a farm house on a desolate two track dirt road east of a small Hamlet consisting of a few houses, a store, post office, grain elevator and church. The tradition that one would continue to farm was required. The early settlers came over from Germany in the 1670's arriving in the British Colonies before venturing out to establish homesteads for themselves in Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, Wisconsin and Michigan. German citizens were expelled from Germany during the later stages of World War II. First ethnic Germans were removed, second Germans voluntarily left the country and third an organized expulsion occurred.A young boy named Luke watched the transition of the family farm to the corporate take over with the corruption of bankers and attorneys closing down family farms while allowing corporate farms to grow in size. Once a farmer lost his land, he had no way to support himself.Luke meets an Alaskan Shaman who provides guidance for his continuing Spirit Journey to understand the event leading up to the Old Man's suicide. The Spirit of the Bear, Luke's grandfather joins the journey from the other side of life as ancestor dance around a tribal campfire.
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Robert E. Holzhei has published 440 outdoor travel stories across the United States along with four self published books including Canadian Fly-In Fishing Adventure, Alaskan Spirit Journey, The Mountains Shall Depart and The Hills Shall Be Removed. The Alaskan book features a cedar book mark since the first published story was written at Cedarville, Michigan and has a wooden birch book cover. Writing has been a life-long dream for Holzhei who retired following 37 years of teaching high school English and advising the school newspaper. Authors that had an influence on my work include Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Ernest Hemingway and F.Scott Fitzgerald. Holzhei is the recipient of a number of National Writing Awards including First Place in the Best of Best Newspaper Category, Third Place in the Open Newspaper Category, three Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writer Presidential Awards for service, and a Third Place in the Michigan Outdoor Writers Association. Holzhei has a B.A. in English with an emphasis in creative writing, a minor in psychology and a M.A. in Education from Michigan State University and also post graduate studies. Recently Holzhei was asked by the Assistant Director of the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University to work with students as a mentor in a emerging Citizens Scholars Program at M.S.U.