title: Without Harry Dean
author: Dinizo, J.B.
description: Kansas City born and bred Harry Dean Burke is a renowned pilot in the 1920s during those early years of flying. He has refurbished an old Curtiss aircraft from World War I and gives flying lessons in his time off from work as an auto mechanic. Born to an upper class family, Harry Dean's marriage to beautiful and biracial Vivian Fitzwarren is frowned upon by his family. But Harry Dean and Vivian bond deeply and romantically, realizing that a person's color is only skin deep. When her beloved husband is killed in a plane accident, Vivian wonders how she can go on Without Harry Dean, the man she loves so much. This heart-warming novel based on true events reaches across generations and cultures, as Vivian must live on without her great love. J.B. DiNizo is a retired librarian who grew up in Vermont. "This is basically a story about my father's older brother who was a pilot in those early days of aviation. He married someone of whom the family disapproved, and no one kept in touch with her after my uncle's death in an air crash in Baxter Springs, Kansas. So this is my 'made-up' version of my uncle and aunt's story." Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/JBDiNizo