The post office knows me well

I don’t mind frequent trips to the post office. Three more books are on their way. That was yesterday. Today I shipped two more. : ) You can get your own copy from Amazon.com or right here!



Why Can't Somebody Just Die Around Here?
by Gerhard Maroscher, 6in x 9in, 344 pages, $17.99




You can pay with a credit card. You do not have to have a PayPal account. Look for the other options on the right hand side of the next screen.

If you want more than one copy you will have the opportunity to change the quantity on the next screen.

Media Mail postage is $3.99 per book. Sales tax will be added to orders for Ohio residents.

For the moment international orders are being handled directly with Gerhard.
Orders will ship within 1-3 days via USPS Media Mail, which takes 2-9 days to arrive.

Motts Military Museum

Motts Military Museum in Groveport, Ohio, is great. Now when you visit you can also purchase the second edition of my book Why Can’t Somebody Just Die Around Here?

Standing in front of a huge painting of a Civil War battle are Warren Motts, Lori Motts Byrd, and me, Gerhard Maroscher. The painting was commissioned by Warren’s wife. If you look closely, at the bottom of the painting you can see a younger Warren Motts leading the charge. What a clever addition to the painting.

From left to right: Warren Motts, Lt. Mike Pohorilla, a WWII vet, Lori Motts, and Gerhard Maroscher. Mr. Pohorilla, 97, flew 36 bomber missions on The Sky Goddess. In the display case between Pohorilla and Lori is a sketch of The Sky Goddess drawn by one of his crew members. Memorabilia and information about Lt. Mike Pohorilla’s service is on display. He still has a firm handshake and is as sharp as a tack. He says that he flew 36 missions but landed only 35 times.

If you can’t make it to the museum, you can purchase your own copy of the book on either Amazon.com or right on this website (see below). I sign all books purchased from my website!



Why Can't Somebody Just Die Around Here?
by Gerhard Maroscher, 6in x 9in, 344 pages, $17.99




You can pay with a credit card. You do not have to have a PayPal account. Look for the other options on the right hand side of the next screen.

If you want more than one copy you will have the opportunity to change the quantity on the next screen.

Media Mail postage is $3.99 per book. Sales tax will be added to orders for Ohio residents.

For the moment international orders are being handled directly with Gerhard.
Orders will ship within 1-3 days via USPS Media Mail, which takes 2-9 days to arrive.

USS General Ballou Reunion

Sixty-seven years ago John Diebus and I crossed the stormy Atlantic on the USS General Ballou to the promised land: America. John was 14 and I was 8 at the time.

Recently John and I met for the first time since we set foot on Ellis Island. It was exciting and emotional. We both realize how blessed we were to be allowed to come to this country. Mom, my brother, and I fled our Transylvanian homeland (part of Romania) on a Red Cross train. John, his family, and the citizens of his town, fled the advancing Soviet army by wagon train.

Both his family and my family were Romanian citizens. We were ethnic Germans who had lived in Romania for hundreds of years. Ethnic Germans who did not flee were sent off to slave labor camps in Russia, where 15% of them died.

In communist countries (and under the Nazis) a person does not have inherent rights. What matters first is a person’s group or collective identity. There is a hierarchy of groups. Woe to you if you find yourself with the out-of-favor collective identity.

Announcing a revised Second Edition!

I am proud to announce that I have revised, edited, and re-designed my book, and it is now available as Second Edition. In addition to making some tweaks to the formatting, clarifying some text, and other internal changes, the book itself is now a handy 6 inches by 9 inches to make it more convenient to manage.

McNaughton & Gunn’s printer is a little bit larger than the usual home inkjet!
Books get printed four pages to a sheet – fortunately the printer’s system keeps it all in order!
The cover gets printed on its own special color printer.
After the book is bound a guillotine trims the edges of the pages to make for a neat finish.
Katrina handles printing the cover, among other responsibilities.
Boxes of the Second Edition are all loaded up for the drive home to Circleville!

Get your copy here!



Why Can't Somebody Just Die Around Here?
by Gerhard Maroscher, 6in x 9in, 344 pages, $17.99




You can pay with a credit card. You do not have to have a PayPal account. Look for the other options on the right hand side of the next screen.

If you want more than one copy you will have the opportunity to change the quantity on the next screen.

Media Mail postage is $3.99 per book. Sales tax will be added to orders for Ohio residents.

For the moment international orders are being handled directly with Gerhard.
Orders will ship within 1-3 days via USPS Media Mail, which takes 2-9 days to arrive.

As usual you can order your copy directly from me. For more purchasing information check our Store page.

Fastest “like” on record!

What is more natural than going into a health food store and selling the owner my book Why Can’t Somebody Die Around Here?

After the owner skimmed the book for a tad over an hour he emailed me that he wanted two more! That is a new record for liking my book! I delivered the books the next day and left them with Karen who works at The Health Food Cupboard, 214 ½ West Main, Circleville, Ohio 43113.