"Billy Battles is definitely not in Kansas anymore." As Book 2 of the Finding Billy Battles trilogy opens, Billy is far from his Kansas roots--and his improbable journeys are just beginning. He is aboard an ocean liner sailing to the Mysterious East (Hong Kong, French Indochina, and the Philippines), among other places. The year is 1894 and aboard the S S China Billy meets a mysterious, dazzling, and possibly dangerous German Baroness, locked horns with malevolent agents of the German … [Read more...] about The Improbable Journeys of Billy Battles (Book 2 ) by Ronald E Yates
Finding Billy Battles: An Account of Peril, Transgression, and Redemption (Book One) by Ronald E Yates
Who is Billy Battles and why are so many people trying to find him? As our story begins we notice nothing especially unique about Billy--just another boy growing up in 19th Century Kansas brimming with the prevailing dreams and ambitions of the era. Then, at 19 Billy's life careens into one calamity after another. While defending himself and some companions, he accidentally shoots and kills the malevolent matriarch of a clan of Kansas cutthroats and thieves. That fateful encounter sets Billy … [Read more...] about Finding Billy Battles: An Account of Peril, Transgression, and Redemption (Book One) by Ronald E Yates
Interview with Author – Ronald Yates
About Ronald Yates: I am a former foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and Professor Emeritus of Journalism at the University of Illinois where I was also the Dean of the College of Media. My book, The Improbable Journeys of Billy Battles, is the second in the Finding Billy Battles trilogy of novels. I am also the author of The Kikkoman Chronicles: A Global Company with A Japanese Soul, published by McGraw-Hill. Other books include Aboard The Tokyo Express: A Foreign Correspondent's … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Ronald Yates
