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I was raised on a farm in Nebraska, joined the Peace Corps twice (El Salvador, Brazil) and attended five state universities to earn degrees in Agronomy, Adult Education and Economics. I did volunteer work in Nicaragua as a farm manager for a church. I lived 10 years in Brazil and 3 years in Central America. I worked in the US as a farm manager, grain sales, market research and taught statistics in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville for 16 years. I did short term agricultural volunteer work in Moldova, Ukraine, Nicaragua, Guyana, Mozambique and Angola. Now, I am retired.

On a grassy hilled college campus, Henry was born to two loving parents who taught him to believe in the Great Goose. Henry was always a special goose, who was brought into this world with a special purpose; but no one knew what it was to be. Henry suffered an accident that launched him into the world alone, only following what he believed to be the Great Goose’s wished. He had doubts, but he continued along unknown paths with an unknown destination or purpose. Along the way, he accumulates a strange array of colleagues, including an aging Cobbler who is a Veteran from the Korean War. He also adds a homing pigeon that is lost; hence, we have a Canada goose who does not know where he is going and a Homing Pigeon that cannot find home. Together, they proceed like Don Quixote and Sancho Panza with feathers. They add a Mallard Duck named Gilbert, two aging widowed Canada geese, Andy and Leroy, and finally, three testy Russian geese, Nicholas, Dmitri, and Natasha. The bounce around the world solving problems while learning to understand and appreciate each other.

“The New Adventures of ‘Henry and Anthony’ by Author H. Lynn Beck

The book tells the story of a Canada goose who went out to fulfill his true purpose in life and the acquaintances he makes on his travels in helping others.

Mother and Father Goose had been together for several years and had been consecutively produced batches of goslings. On one spring, for some reason not known to Mother Goose, she only produced a single egg. Soon, Henry was born. Henry is a unique goose who was born into this world with one specific purpose — to help the Great Goose. He grew into a smart, thoughtful goose, not just the average gosling. One tragic day, Henry meets an accident that caused him to lose a leg. He has a strong urge, for reasons unknown to him, to fly northwest following the belief to be the Great Goose’s wish.

Doubts filled his mind, but he still proceeded along paths unknown with a vague destination or purpose. Along the path, he gathered an odd group of companions, that includes a lost homing pigeon. So, the book follows a Canada goose who does was not aware of where he is heading and a homing pigeon unable to head home. Like a duo of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza as birds. Both went around doing search and rescue to those who are in trouble, encountering uncanny characters, and giving hope to those who need it.

“Henry and Anthony” aims to remind readers that there is always goodness in everyone. It also portrays the importance of appreciating each other and working together to solve a problem. The author hopes that the story has warm, fuzzy, and some feel-good moments that readers will find themselves smiling, chuckling, or shedding a tear.”