Gold Pieces

¿Gold Pieces¿ is a novel of short stories set against the background of Missouri communities like Harrisonville, Sedalia, Rocheport and Clinton. Like central character Ben Cooper/John Paden, a veteran of the Civil War, his descendants return from their wars searching to re-start their lives but never the same. ¿Gold Pieces¿ examines the impact of war within the confines of a particular family.