Wayne Ward Pens New Historical Fiction, OLD UNION

City of Lake Macquarie, Australia

Sam Wright was always drawn to the sea. The freedom and potential wealth the open water offered him was too great a draw, reeling him in from an early age. While he expected to find work and excitement in the seafaring world, he never expected the lifetime of lessons he would receive. Author Wayne Ward invites readers to experience Sam's lifetime of labor, lessons-learned and struggle in the new historical novel, "Old Union" (published by Trafford Publishing).

"Old Union" introduces readers to Sam as a 93-year-old man. Living in a nursing home, he reflects on his life as a seaman, beginning shortly after the Great Depression era. Readers watch as Sam embarks on his journey as a seaman at a young age, a journey that sees him find the love of his life, fight for the rights of a union and ultimately fight for the working class citizen.

Throughout "Old Union," Ward shows the struggles of the working-class from the 1930s to present-day. Ward accomplishes this by covering the seamen's strike of 1935, the influence of corporate policies and the numerous battles unions had with big business and industry.

An excerpt from "Old Union":

"The spirit of the boy though challenged many times never broke; Sam knew he could never best the spectre of a man who caused his mother to retreat into a shell, a brute who constantly beat her and him. A pitiless man hardened by years of heavy manual labour, his father offered no love or counsel for a fifteen year-old son who worked from sunrise to dusk, taken from school at twelve to plough dry fields."

"Old Union"
By Wayne Ward
Softcover | 7.5 x 9.25 in | 468 pages | ISBN 9781490720692
E-Book | ISBN 9781490720685
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble

About the Author
Wayne Ward was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1938 and joined his first ship as deck boy in 1955. He married young and still shares his life with his wife on the tranquil shores of Lake Macquarie north of Sydney. They have been married for 56 years and have three sons.

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