TY - SOUND AU - Wilson,Susan AU - Berman,Fred AU - Delaine,Christina AU - Adamson,Rick AU - Gurner,Jeff TI - A man of his own SN - 9781427239211 PY - 2013///] CY - [United States] PB - MacMillan Audio KW - Audiobooks KW - lcgft N1 - Unabridged; Title from disc label; Read by Fred Berman, Christina Delaine, Rick Adamson and Jeff Gurner N2 - Rick Stanton was a promising professional baseball player with dreams of playing in the major leagues and starting a family with his young wife, Francesca, when World War II changed everything. Rick returns from the war with his body broken and his dreams shattered. But it was not just body and spirit he sacrificed for the war. He and Francesca volunteered their beloved dog, Pax, for the Army's K-9 Corp, not knowing if they'd ever see him again. Keller Nicholson is the soldier who fought the war with Pax by his side, and the two have the kind of profound bond that can only be forged in war. Pax is the closest Keller has to a sense of family, and he can't bear the thought of returning him to the Stantons. But Rick and Francesca refuse to give him up. Instead, an arrangement is made: Keller will work as Rick's live-in aide. And thus an unlikely family is formed, with steadfast Pax at the center ER -