Brooklyn Principal publishes his first novel 
  
 When he was 16 years  
 old, Gary M. Williams read  
 the  historical  novel,  Gone  
 With The Wind - and said  
 he wanted to write a book  
 just like it. 
 Years  later,  inspired  by  
 a trip to Newport, Rhode  
 Island that his wife had  
 planned for their 10th wedding  
 anniversary, he began  
 writing  his  own  piece  of  
 historical fiction - the book,  
 Gone But Not Forgotten.  It  
 has now been published  
 by  Austin  Macauley  Publishers, 
  and is available on  
 Amazon and at Barnes and  
 Nobles.   
 It took him two years to  
 write the book, and 18 years  
 to find a publisher. Such is  
 the  life of a writer.  In  that  
 span  of  time,  Williams  
 toiled  as  Principal  of  an  
 elementary school for the  
 Department  of  Education,  
 retiring after a 25-year career, 
  and he now serves as  
 the current Principal of the  
 Bay Ridge Catholic Academy. 
   
 Gone But Not Forgotten  
 is  an  historical  fiction  
 novel that begins at an outdoor  
 wedding in Newport,  
 with  heroine  twin  sisters,  
 Veda and Rose Champion.  
 Veda  is  the spoiled American  
 debutante with an iron  
 will.  Rose  is  the  gentler  
 beauty who is passively  
 strong.  Hans  Wagner,  
 the  male  protagonist,  is  a  
 German  immigrant  who  
 comes to America to live  
 his  dream.  His  best  Jewish  
 friend, Rudolph Stern,  
 also from Germany, studies  
 medicine. But the toils  
 of  the  Great  War  halt  the  
 hopes of both while ushering  
 in a series of tragedies  
 for the Champion family.  
 Set  in America  and Europe  
 from 1914 – 1918, Gone  
 But Not Forgotten chronicles  
 the tale of the Gilded  
 Age  of  pageantry  through  
 the  end  of  the  Great  War.  
 It  is  an  epic  saga  of  the  
 lives, trials, and tribulations  
 of the Champions, the  
 Wagners, and the Sterns.  
 It  includes  the  sinking  of  
 the Lusitania, the death of  
 the twins’ brother, Marius  
 Champion, and the vicious  
 murder  of  their  grandparents  
 in Verdon.  
 The book is the first of a  
 trilogy.  
 His second book, Gone  
 But Not Forsaken, opens  
 with the pandemic of  1918,  
 a  topic  about  which  Williams  
 wrote, long before  
 2020 arrived.  
 The novel covers the  
 time period from 1918-1945,  
 chronicling  The  Great  Depression, 
  World War II, the  
 age of Hollywood, and rise  
 of  Nazi-ism. 
 The  last  of  the  trilogy  
 - Gone But Not Betrayed -  
 takes place from 1945-2000,  
 taking the reader through  
 topics that include life post- 
 World  War  II,  the  birth  of  
 Israel, and the Vietnam  
 War. 
 The novels are unique,  
 says Williams, as there are  
 no  historical  fiction  books  
 that  chronicle  the  entire  
 20th century. 
 The  Staten  Island  native, 
  now residing in Manhattan, 
   is  busy  working  
 on a new novel and a children’s  
 book.  
 Gone But Not Forgotten  
 by Gary M. Williams  is  
 available on Amazon and at  
 Barnes and Nobles. 
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