The Hills Shall Be Removed

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"A new book about adventure, tragedy, death. life, peace. Mystical intervention. Joy. Leadership. I couldn't put it down. The book offers all that.The hills Shall Be Removed by Robert E. Holzhei shares a secret tale about a young man named Luke, as he learns about life on a family farm in the 1900's.Luke's journey from childhood provides an intriguing trail where he discovers a hard work ethic and uncompromising risk that leads to rick, burden and tragedy.A spellbinding journey emerges for Luke that becomes mystical, when an Alaskan Shaman helps Luke shed a tragedy he can not erase from his childhood. The new trail becomes a Spiritual Journey where Luke discovers new energy and a life-changing path that becomes a life-long journey to coach others in a new role.Once you start reading the book, you realize that overcoming adversity, realizing new inspiration and linking to new goals is not about fiction." A book review of The Mountains Shall Depart by Dave Barus, syndicated New York outdoor columnist and editor of www.sharetheoutdoors

Author Bio

Robert E. Holzhei has published 440 outdoor travel stories across the United States along with four self published books including Canadian Fly-In Fishing Adventure, Alaskan Spirit Journey, The Mountains Shall Depart and The Hills Shall Be Removed. The Alaskan book features a cedar book mark since the first published story was written at Cedarville, Michigan and has a wooden birch book cover. Writing has been a life-long dream for Holzhei who retired following 37 years of teaching high school English and advising the school newspaper. Authors that had an influence on my work include Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Ernest Hemingway and F.Scott Fitzgerald. Holzhei is the recipient of a number of National Writing Awards including First Place in the Best of Best Newspaper Category, Third Place in the Open Newspaper Category, three Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writer Presidential Awards for service, and a Third Place in the Michigan Outdoor Writers Association. Holzhei has a B.A. in English with an emphasis in creative writing, a minor in psychology and a M.A. in Education from Michigan State University and also post graduate studies. Recently Holzhei was asked by the Assistant Director of the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University to work with students as a mentor in a emerging Citizens Scholars Program at M.S.U.