Description:
Travel with Joe Anderson as he heads east along Route 66, finally returning home to Indiana. After two years in the Marines and a hard tour as a combat veteran in Vietnam, Joe is ready for peace-yet the Mother Road has other plans. As he drives, Joe stumbles into strange and unpredictable mysteries: a chance meeting with the legendary TV cowboy Roy Rogers, encounters with people who should no longer be alive, and moments that blur the line between memory, fate, and the supernatural. This journey becomes a wild, heartfelt adventure-full of surprises, danger, humor, and the unexpected-where every mile brings Joe closer to home and deeper into the mysteries waiting for him along Route 66.
Brief description:
Johnson's writing began as an inspiration from his grandchildren. Raised in Indiana, he served 31 years with the Beech Grove Police Department in central Indiana, retiring as Chief of Police. Before entering law enforcement, he served in the United States Marine Corps and fought as a combat veteran in the Vietnam War-experiences that later shaped his second novel, Don't Let Me Die Here. He credits many influences in his life and writing, including his parents, his wife and family, and Father Vincent Capodanno, whom he met while serving in Vietnam. Johnson and his wife, Vicki, have four grown children and twelve grandchildren, to whom this book is lovingly dedicated.