A Distant Drum Author:Charles Bracelen Flood LESSONS IN LOVE — Steadfast New England traditiona nd hard-won family wealth had shaped young Patrick Kingsgrant. He was destined to be, like his father before him, a brilliant and honorable lawyer. — But a broken summer romance and a Harvard Professor who knew what Patrick really wanted to be, shaped him in new and unexpected ways. — So an autocr... more »atic father and a devoted but unyielding son challenged each other across a bitter gap of proud ambition and thwarted love, until the distant drums of war and tough training in the U.S. Army gave Patrick a new understanding of the meaning of love and loyalty.« less