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This book is a collaboration of love and inspiration between my great-grandfather and me. He provided the inspiration and the drawings, and I wrote the poetry.
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Wesley R Withers
Wesley has a Masters Degree in Divinity from Emmanuel Theological Seminary, but has worked most of his life in sales and marketing. Married to his wife Carrie, they have one son, Jared and live on an island in Maine.
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