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Innocence Lost

By: George G. Motz

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This is the story of one boy, one family, one community after World War II. The rural landscape changed rapidly in the early mid-1950’s. Farming basically was transformed from the horse to the modern farm. Asa Johnson lived in this time and this place. He saw the Garden of Eden he lived in changed by outside serpents. He saw the safe order challenged. He witnessed the rules of the game of life being changed, and the values instilled in his Christian upbringing questioned. With every change, every challenge, he questioned his life more. And he endures, grows stronger as the paths of life and death mold him, his family, his community, and his country. It was the time of change. It was the time of “Innocence Lost!”

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0595190111

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9780595190119

Coon Crick Crossing

By: George G. Motz

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Coon Crick Crossing

By: George G. Motz

We all know people like those who inhabit, somewhat uninhibited, Coon Crick Crossing. We have the story of five generations of the Prusso family, who have survived and thrived, against the odds, the law and themselves out at Coon Crick Crossing. You may not like them all, but they are family, and as family, they stick together. To some, they may seem to be lawless. To others, they may seem to be scoundrels. Others may call them rogues. But out where I come from, we call them family!

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272

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0595226906

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9780595226900

Antelope Valley

By: George G. Motz

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Antelope Valley

By: George G. Motz

William Skidmore is an escaped convicted murderer. He comes to Antelope Valley by accident and stays, where he helps a crippled storekeeper and an old rancher cope with and evolves with a changing west. While staying in Antelope Valley, Skidmore must deal with his own ideals and morals, as he teaches his friends about the new corporate west and he learns about the west that once was and will never be again. Using the identity of a friend who was killed in Korea, Skidmore finds his place and now has to struggle to remain true to his own principles.

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240

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0595231101

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9780595231102

Dwcm-51

By: George G. Motz

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Dwcm-51

By: George G. Motz

Divorced? Bitter? Spiteful? Get over it! Join our author as he goes on that long trip into the unknown, back into the lifestyle of a single male after a quarter century of marriage. Go with him as he explores a new world, one where there is ten women out there lurking, waiting, and praying for a man. This is an imaginary journey into a world where there are many pitfalls and many pratfalls awaiting the unexpected. So come along and watch a rural man navigate his way back to bachelorhood, by finding and meeting women through the personal advertisements in his nearby big city newspaper. Join him as he explores that greatly changed world, that Brave New world!

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248

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0595226914

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9780595226917

A Hostage Diary

Prisoner of the Mind

By: George Motz

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A Hostage Diary

Prisoner of the Mind

By: George Motz

Lost! Lost within your own thoughts and your own mind. You are a captive in a strange land and you don't know who is your warden, or why you are being held in solitude. You must escape, not only physically, but also spiritually and psychologically. To think of the past would drive you insane-Or are you already insane? Every action and non-action must be carefully thought out if you are to survive. And survive you must, for you are a man-And man must survive!

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0595141730

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9780595141739

Lost Lambs

By: George Motz

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Lost Lambs

By: George Motz

Jakey, Laura Larsen's three-year old grandson just disappears, without a trace! Fighting the problems of borderline poverty, the divorced grandmother finds help with a friend from grade school, a boy they all called the Wizard, searches for him. The Wizard, along with Lily White, a retired policewoman, helps in the search for the missing grandchild. Along the journey, the three encounter a world which the general public is not aware of, one of child slavery, abuse and molestation. Stereotypes and myths are brought to light and examined. In the world of Lost Lambs, many things are not as they seem!

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160

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0595292658

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9780595292653

The King and His County

By: George Motz

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The King and His County

By: George Motz

Politics, power, prestige, and nepotism all come into play when Sheriff Benjamin Kingman, (The King of Park County, Wisconsin!) tries to investigate a series of strange murders in normally placid Park County. To some, he is a relic of the past and to others, he is a bridge to a new and modern police force, but King is always the King! And Park County is his backyard! Aided by three trusted deputies, two of the old school and one from the new school of law enforcement, King slowly and methodically follows some long forgotten and buried clues, buried under money, power and politics, to try to solve his problems. Powerful old money families, and political rivals try to influence, detour and sabotage the King's efforts, but he keeps up his efforts, seeking his only goal, the truth. And along the way, King finds something more, he finds himself!

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254

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0595418066

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9780595418060

Brice, Wisconsin

By: George Motz

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Brice, Wisconsin

By: George Motz

Art Beam is working on his doctorate in Psychology. He is studying the effect of hit-and-run deaths on the families of victims and perpetrators alike. It is this study, which brings him to Brice, Wisconsin. Mistaken for a police investigator, Beam sets all sorts of activities into motion, while he examines himself, along with those he sought to examine. Along the way, Beam learns that first impressions are sometimes wrong, and old wounds can fester anew. Join Art Beam as he uncovers the dark side of a small town, and discovers his own human side.

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290

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0595231217

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9780595231218

I-35 - A Bridge Over Troubled Waters

By: George G. Motz

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I-35 - A Bridge Over Troubled Waters

By: George G. Motz

Allan Goodrich found himself trapped in a trap of his own making. Greta, his wife, was having an affair with his boss, and Allan could find no way out of his personal mess. But fate, circumstance, chance, luck and location came to play that fateful day, August 1, 2007, when the bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed. Allan suddenly found himself in a position to escape life, marriage, and more. All it took was nerve, daring and opportunity. However, in doing so, Allan found that without an identity, he was once more back in another trap, this one with even more potentially dangerous consequences.

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Lulu.com

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1435730038

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9781435730038

Confessions of a Country Boy

By: George Motz

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Confessions of a Country Boy

By: George Motz

CONFESSIONS is a collection of stories from a practical joker that plays up the 'Ol' Country Boy' routine mainly for the benefit of the tourists. Many of the local people will identify with the players in these comedies and philosophical stories, as Motz is a practical joker and has been known to instigate many a misunderstanding, or to feign innocence to initiate a comic and embarrassing situation. An innocent in a world of hunters, fishermen and other liars, Motz goes out of his way to make you laugh, sometimes at his expense and often at the expense of others, who try to show how sophisticated they are. His first story about going hunting for raccoons and the misunderstandings which can occur is classic. For many years, Motz was a newspaper columnist and his humor is sometimes sarcastic, sometimes banal, sometimes self-edifying, sometimes quixotic, but never has it been dull. In many of the stories, morality suffers on the surface, only to emerge in some twisted and perverse manner later on. The often wry or cutting humor will make you read with concentration, for fear of missing some hidden fact or quirky twist of fate. You will laugh at times and you will just shake your head at others, but you will not find these observations and stories boring. And when you finally put this book down, you will reflect many times later on about how a single misunderstanding or double meaning can change a single story or single life. You will also have a deeper appreciation of the humor of a modern rural America, the world of the author.

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0595351980

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9780595351985

Book's by George G. Motz

Innocence Lost

Innocence Lost

Coon Crick Crossing

Coon Crick Crossing

Antelope Valley

Antelope Valley

Dwcm-51

Dwcm-51

A Hostage Diary

A Hostage Diary

Lost Lambs

Lost Lambs

The King and His County

The King and His County

Brice, Wisconsin

Brice, Wisconsin

I-35 - A Bridge Over Troubled Waters

I-35 - A Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Confessions of a Country Boy

Confessions of a Country Boy

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