READER REVIEWS

Just finished “The Road to War” and loved it. Excellent first-hand narrative of one soldier’s World War II experiences.

I got it from Amazon on Thursday, April 15. It was so interesting that I couldn’t put it down. Finished reading at 3 a.m. the following Tuesday. My dad is a Korea vet and has expressed many of the same feelings in the last couple of years.

Steve, you can certainly use any of my comments that you feel will help. I think it was an incredible story and a wonderful read. Again, my congrats and I hope you think about some more historical subjects — you seem to have a knack for it.

I look forward to your time-travel story back to Shiloh. Hope you write some historical stuff; your style is excellent. I have enjoyed all four of your SF books that I’ve read. Thanks and keep up the good work.

Chip Stahl, April 22, 2010

(reprinted with permission)

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The book is really good.

I finished reading the book last weekend. It was very good. I especially enjoyed knowing that Mr. Frodsham appreciated the fact that he served his country. So much is lost on our youth today. They don’t know how to serve. What will happen if we have another enemy of freedom, like Hitler or Hirohito come on the scene? So many will refuse to go and our children will have to fight that battle on our own soil.

Being a veteran and a past resident at Ft. Leonard Wood and Ft. Meade, I could relate to many of the things talked about in the book. It is written in a fashion that makes it just like Captain Frodsham is telling it. Burgauer seems to capture his persona.

Jim Shively, June 13, 2010

(reprinted with permission)

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Hey,

I finished your book Tuesday night. I really enjoyed it and I’m not just saying that. It was really easy to read. There was just enough detail to help me understand what was happening throughout his journey. I am going to go on Amazon and write a review, once I get a chance. I would recommend the book to anyone. You don’t have to be a war buff to enjoy the book.

You should be so very proud of your dad. He was truly an American Hero.

Jerita H. Mull

07/01/2010 09:11 AM

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Fiction as truth, truth as fiction.

by Dave in Missouri (Amazon user published 2010-07-27)

A true story necessarily written as a fictional work due to the lack of information from the late Captain William C. Frodsham.

Frodsham left behind some written accounts of his experiences in WWII, but not enough to fill in the details demanded by a non-fiction account.

So, when asked by Frodsham's family, author Steven Burgauer took what was available and restructured it into an absorbing story of a young man in the furnace of war.

I picked this up and looked it over, decided not to read it, then tried a few pages.

I was immediately hooked, and was soon absorbed in the story of a kid who joins the Army as a private and within 2 years is a D-Day officer wounded and captured in the bloody fighting in the French boscage country.

Sent to a German prisoner of war camp on the Eastern Front, Frodsham somehow manages to survive intact.

Highly recommended for another perspective on WWII.

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