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Will and Dena is dedicated to the memory of LT John Fox, the 366th Infantry Regiment, and Italian Partisans.

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Time out during WW II. Courtesy of the National Archives

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Will and Dena is impressive. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel.

^__Lew Berry

Readers will find Will and Dena both a beautiful love story as well as a walk through the times of World War II. Personally, I loved the way that Bob Rogers wove the works of Langston Hughes into this book. Dena sends articles to Will from the Chicago Defender and the reading that Will does brings him out of his "small world" in North Carolina and eventually helps him to find his mission in life. Readers will be captivated by Will and feel his struggles as he proceeds through life and the many decisions he has to make as he determines his personal mission in life, while serving the mission his country has called him to do in World War II.

^__Joyce M. Gilmour
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Will and Dena: Love and Life in World War II represents historical fiction at its finest. Author Bob Rogers skillfully conveys the irony of a country that both combats racism abroad while simultaneously promoting the most insidious form of racism within its own borders. Will and Dena calls to mind such satires as Joseph Heller’s Catch 22 as protagonist Will Wallace confronts one form of institutionalized insanity after another. In the end, love and baseball conquer all, a one-two punch you won’t want to miss.

^__Shelley Kirilenko,

Author, The Blue Kimono

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Will and Dena

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Discover:

Will, the woodsman and baseball star
Dena, the brilliant and beautiful co-ed
What happens when their love is forbidden
The havoc introduced by the KKK
Will, the American solider
Will's and soldier-friends' reaction to General Almond:
- “…I don’t want you, I didn’t send for you…”
- “…I’ll see that you suffer your share of casualties.”
WW II winter combat in Italy’s Tuscany
Will's and friends' relationships with Italian Partisans
If Will's and Dena’s dreams survive the KKK and WW II

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Bob Rogers donates two percent of royalties from worldwide sales of Will and Dena: Love and Life in World War II to Crisis Assistance Ministry of Charlotte, North Carolina in support of its mission. Please click Crisis Assistance Ministry’s logo below to learn how you can help.

Since 1975, Crisis Assistance Ministry has served in North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County as the “emergency room” for families facing financial crisis who have nowhere else to turn. Through Emergency Financial Assistance, The Free Store and The Furniture and Appliance Program, the agency provides assistance and advocacy to help families living in poverty regain control and move toward self-sufficiency.

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Will and Dena: Love and Life in World War II is the title of the first book offered on this site. Follow Will and Dena and agonize in each of their setbacks and celebrate their triumphs. In Will and Dena, you will discover conflicts created for the young couple because of classism and racism in their community. The same issues propel Will into combat in Italy as a Buffalo Soldier.

Among the American historical figures that influenced and impacted their lives are: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Langston Hughes, General Edward M. Almond, Edward W. Brooke III, Lena Horne, A. Phillip Randolph, Billie Holiday, and Colonel Howard Queen.

The next title (Isaac, Rachel, Alejandra: Indian Wars, coming summer 2011) will continue our series of stories about combat soldiers and the women who love them.

We'll use this site to introduce our books of historical fiction and stories about contributors. From time to time on this site, you will find "further reading" lists containing research items (books, music, magazines, letters, web sites, photographs, artifacts, interviews, etc.) used in the development of our books.

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