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NEVER LEFT BEHIND

Available in both Paperback and Hard Cover

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Signings and readings

More Dates to Follow

Authors on Tour


Praire Path Books

February 16th

 http://www.prairiepathbooks.com/upcoming-ppb-events 


Mason City IA Willowbrook Mall

March 21st. 2020


Peoria Ill. Civic Center

May 30th., 2020


Peoria Ill. Exposition Gardens Inc.

June 6th., 2020 CANCELLED


The Quarry

Chicago, Ill.

June 20th., 2020


Des Moines. IA

Expo at Valley West Mall

July 11th CANCELLED


Barnes & Noble

March Three Stores


The Living Room

Omaha NE

July, 25th, 2020 CANCELLED


Writers on The River

Jul 18, 2020

Par-A-Dice Hotel & Casino, East Peoria

Madison, WI Book Festival CANCELLED


October, 2020

Illinois Reads Book Festival

Illinois Valley Community College


Detroit Festival of Books!

Sunday, July 19th, 2020

10:00 am- 4:00 pm

Eastern Market, Shed 3, Detroit


Dayton Book Festival

April, 2020

Sinclair Community College

444 W 3rd St, Dayton, OH 45402


Printers Row Book Fest

Chicago, Illinois

June, 2020


Barnes & Noble

April

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Great to meet so many exciting Authors.

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Prairiepath Books

Another Signing Event

Prairiepath Books

Prairiepath Books

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Wheaton, IL

Prairiepath Books

Author Event Days.....

Animals involved in Domestic Cases

Thanks to Amy Jacobsen and the staff at AM 560 Chicago.

Radio Interview

Hudson booksellers select airport locations

NEVER LEFT BEHIND Now in Select Airports

JANUARY MAGAZINE

 Book, Authors, Entertainment, More 


January Magazine lists Never Left Behind

                          Sample Passages

Sample passages

     In the spring, not on any trail but hidden hundreds of yards away from view, few people knew about the rolling hills of bluebells.  Catching my breath the first time I happened upon them.  Acres upon acres of undisturbed bluish-purple English bluebells masterfully hidden from view, not to be disturbed; their brief, elusive moment when in full bloom.  Pepper, always leading and shorter than the perennials, would be lost had it not been for the shaking flower bulbs consuming his body, as we carefully navigated through the masterpiece.  Similarly both amusing, and breathtaking. 

      "I was oblivious to what had happened, nor had I noticed the bullet having entered his body, penetrating his back and into his spine.  His auburn hair masking the blood around the entry.  I recall mom coming out of the house saying he had been shot, probably with a farmer’s bullet from a .22 long rifle.  Any larger caliber certainly would have killed him." 

    We came upon dried streams, no larger than small puddles, with dozens of fish squirming and fighting to survive.  As if he understood, Pepper, crouched over and scratching at the dirt, watched intently as I scooped as many as possible into an old milk jug and brought them to a larger stream for survival.  Regularly, we would stumble across carcasses of various animals that had succumbed to an untimely death.  Be it age, the elements, or injury.  On other occasions we would witness herds of mule deer grazing off the forest bed, their bodies shrouded in a haze of fog from over the lush green forest bed; a photogenic scene.  On sunny days, penetrating the highest of trees, streams of brilliant rainbow light beams filled with pigments and particles of dust danced in the brilliance from 100 feet up.  Trees undoubtedly a century old, as round and broad as a car at their trunks’ base, with curvatures and deep wood-crevices inches deep.  I would find myself mesmerized by these mundane observations, had I not understood the verity of where my life was at the time. 

early reviews and beta readers

 "I cheated and had to go to the end of the book to find out what happened.  Excellent Read!"      ~ Beta Read ~


"Very similar to Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential.  Great kitchen anecdotes, oh, and the dog!"  "Amazing." ~ Good Reads ~


"It is more than one of those "dog books" - it is a saga of love, longing, regret and redemption that leads you on a journey like no other.  If you get to the end of the story with dry eyes, then your tear ducts need an overhaul." 

~ Dennis Rimmer Author and Podcast Host ~


"Another dog book?  I shudder.  Was pleasantly surprised with a good read, a "true" story about a man losing his dog." ~ Writers World ~  



Paul Barthel had this to say


"I had to put the book away on several occasions, many times for months on end.  In addition to many unfortunate deaths in the family causing delay, the writing process, while rather easy, became arduous revisiting many of those moments putting pen to paper so to speak.  I only wish Pepper could read"


About the Author

Paul Barthel,  A Chef entrepreneur and restaurant owner who worked behind the scenes in kitchens for over thirty years.  Animal rights advocate who pushed to establish an Illinois law recognizing pets in divorce or separation.

Currently pursuing Michigan, Iowa, and Ohio further establish an identical law in addition to puppy mill legislation, and furthered anti-cruelty measures.  Currently working on his second publication.

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