Creating Fiction From History: 4/27/2022

"I've made my decision, Father! I know you wanted me to stay here where it's safe, but I'm sick and tired of being SAFE!"

In actuality, Peter's father simply didn't want his beloved son running off and getting himself killed over across the pond. Though he did want Peter to stay in relatively safe little Waukon and take over the family business. But, that wasn't the point, was it?

Right now, John Arthur Hammond's concern was that his little boy would meet his fate on some bloody battlefield in a foreign country where there would be no one to cradle his broken body. Peter never really stopped t...