Gone but Not Forsaken is the second of a historical fiction trilogy set in America and Europe from 1918–1945. It chronicles post World War I through the end of World War II. In America, it portrays initial abundance, including modern industrialism, where Gilded Age mansions were replaced by soaring skyscrapers through the roaring twenties into the stock market crash and Great Depression. It parallels the birth of Hollywood glitz amidst the storm of the country’s depravation, carried through the bombing of Pearl Harbor and World War II. In Europe, it chronicles the birth of Nazism, the Holocaust, and the rise and fall of the Third Reich. American victory is heralded in the end once again. The novel continues to chronicle the stories of the Champions, the Wagners and the Sterns, along with the intertwining of their lives. It will be followed by book three of the trilogy, spanning 1945–2000.
Gary M. Williams was born and raised in Staten Island, New York. He was a teacher and principal with the New York City Department of Education for thirty five years. He is currently retired and lives in Manhattan. He is enjoying the success of his novel, Gone but Not Forgotten, the first of his second book of the trilogy. The third, Gone but Not Betrayed, is now in production. He was inspired to write the story after visits to Newport Rhode Island and Europe. He hopes you will enjoy this revisit to the past, an era never to be forgotten.