Village Drummer Fiction

Richard Alan Schwartz

Cover for The Emigrant depicts the female protagonist, Myra McCormick who leaves Ireland due to the Great Irish Potato Famine, emigrates to United States by ship.

Cover for The Pioneer depicts Myra and David Kaplan travels across the united states by boat, train, and wagontrain to Portland, where they try to establish a business.

Cover for The Surgeon depicts female protagonist, Dr. Abbey Kaplan, who is a surgeon who is stationed at the Virginia Field Hospital, 1862, during the civil war.

Cover for The Advocate depicts Dr. Abbey Kaplan's move to Boston, and then Chicago, after the end of the Civil War. She fights to work in a hospital, for social justice, and to end abuses in mental institutions and factories.

Cover for The Wanderers depicts female protagonist, Rachel Katzenbogen's life in Eastern Europe and her desire to leave her insular, strict Jewish upbringing. Emigrates to Texas, America where she struggles to fit into a very different way of life without losing her identity.

Cover for The Reporter depicts Dr. Abbey Kaplan's daughter, Shayna, as a female war correspondent assigned to the Russo-Japanese war in Manchuria, and in Russia pre-R

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Cover for The Soldier depicts a couple saying goodbye as male is deployed to Viet Nam. Post war, Brian and others deal with PTSD. He and his wife work at helping traumatized soldiers.

Village Drummer Fiction

In ancient villages, drummers would walk down the major roads to signal important announcements coming from royalty. Being a second generation drummer, and a father of two championship drummers, I decided to adopt this concept for the imprint of my novels. Please feel free to explore this site, read the newsletter, check out my novels, and post comments. Your Feedback is always welcome. Enjoy!