Richard Alan: 4 books

Abbey Kaplan always wanted to be a doctor. Little did she know, her first posting after medical school would be to a Civil War field hospital…working in a medical tent close to combat such that rifle and artillery rounds were always a threat. “In late August of 1862, and despite the Second...

Will the Kaplan family and their fellow travelers, a trapper, and a Native American be able to get past their culture clashes as they struggle to survive the 19th century Pacific Northwest? Dr. Beckham and his wife follow the Oregon Trail to Portland enduring extreme heat, cold and natural...

Out of the depths of the Irish Potato Famine comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how sixteen-year-old Myra sails to America dreaming of a new future. “There was no keening at Ciaran’s funeral;...

A country boy's life is devastated when his family abruptly uproot to London giving no satisfactory explanation, a mystery he agonises over and must try to solve. Small for his age and in fear of his moody, tyrannical father, he struggles to come to terms with life in the big city. Then he discovers...