Synopsis
Beyond Recognition, theinspiring true story of Lawrence J. Heron, an amazing athlete with a brilliant futurein professional sports who in 1944 saved an infantry battalion from extinction duringthe invasion of Normandy. His beautiful and devoted wife tells his story fromthe day they met to the end of their incredible journey. Football scholarships andprofessional baseball offers fell by the wayside the day a sniper's bulletexploded a mortar shell in his bare hands. Severely burned and blinded forlife, he refused to die so that he could reunite with his wife.
Through spirit and determination they raised four children,and Heron spent the next 50 incredible years on a roller coaster ride of pain,suffering, joy, and sorrow. Accounts of bravery and sacrifice by Nobel PrizeWinner Dr. Joseph E. Murray and Army Chaplain Edward Connors, who both hailed fromHeron's hometown are woven into the fabric of the story. This fast-paced journeydefies belief as it unfurls in epic fashion. The pages turn almostautomatically as you read of the record-setting athlete who became World War II'smost severely wounded soldier, and of the incredibly miraculous recovery andrehabilitation that followed.
About the Author
Greg Page authored best seller Camel Red, the story of Larry Heron's courageous journey to the shores of France during the Normandy Invasion, where he suffered a fate worse than death. Flooded with requests from readers to include photographs, Greg re-edited Camel Red, renaming it Beyond Recognition, and added 52 photographs to further illustrate Heron's painful ordeal. Look for Greg Page's next book, The Domino Conspiracy, which represents somewhat of a departure from the biographical novel. Although based on absolute truths and scientific facts, The Domino Conspiracy is a work of fiction that's been described as an explode-off-the-pages compelling thriller. A career officer in the U.S. Army, following graduation from West Point, Greg began a second career in the computer world, a perfect compliment since computers play a central role in every book project he now has in progress. An avid reader and historian, Greg collected rare books and created an extensive World War II library during his more than a decade of research for Beyond Recognition. Worldly experience and years of travel add a solid base from which to launch new fiction projects, aided by a powerful imagination and a thirst that only putting words to paper can allay.
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