The Dutchman's Gift

By Richard Baran

Riley "Rocky" Stone, a twelve year old boy hiking on a family vacation in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona, finds what his grandfather tells him might be an Apache arrowhead. Riley has no idea his arrowhead possesses magic. He finds himself taken back one hundred and fifty years in history on a wild adventure back to the Superstition Moun

• Language: English
• Publisher: TotalRecall Publications, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 29, 2018
• ISBN: 9781590952986

Richard Baran

Richard Baran holds a doctorate and two masters' degrees besides his bachelor's in business. A Navy veteran, he taught and coached for forty years at the secondary school and collegiate levels. His first three novels, The Jacket (published in 2014 by Total Recall Publishers), Where Have All the Go-Go's Gone? Book 1 and When Will They Ever Learn? (Where Have All the Go-Go's Gone?) Book 2were published in 2015 along with The Dutchman's Gift and Heroes and Idols by Total Recall. Other publishing credits include, Coaching Football's Polypotent Offense, a coaching text, a short story, "That Ain't No Walleye" and several dozen articles in professional business, education and coaching journals. He and his grammar school sweetheart, Carol Ann have eighteen grandchildren and they divide their year between Franklin Park, Illinois; Phoenix, Arizona, and Minocqua, Wisconsin.

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