Greenywalt, an immigrant father in colonial Pennsylvania, wants a peaceful life with his two sons, the older illegitimate one whom he loves and the younger legitimate one that he has never understood. He also knows neither son's mother will ever permit peace in his house for the other woman and her son. What can he do? The outbreak of war only complicates things. Illustrated with period maps of 18th C Germany and Colonial Pennsylvania. Both My Sons is a fictional visit to another time and set of locations, interweaving the Mennonite and Scotch Irish immigrants' stories, with an erotic love connection. --JOHN LANDIS RUTH, Author of The Earth Is the Lord's A modern version of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Magnificent! Riveting! --CAROLYN WENGER, Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society A novel of passion, haunting sorrows, raw disappointments, and grand possibilities. --PHYLLIS PELLMAN GOOD, New York Times best-selling author Greenywalt knows exactly what he wants: a peaceful life with his two sons, the older illegitimate one whom he loves and the younger legitimate one that he has never understood. He also knows neither son's mother will ever permit peace in his house for the other woman and her son. What can he do? The outbreak of war and his neighbors' demands that he provide a wagon and driver to defend the community against the French and their Indian allies creates a dilemma.Which son should he send? As a pacifist Mennonite, how can he send either one and not lose his salvation? From Ken Yoder Reed, the author of the controversial Mennonite Soldier, comes Both My Sons, a new story of family and war in colonial Pennsylvania at the time of the French & Indian War. Ken Yoder Reed likes Pannhaas (scrapple) with his eggs.  However, it's not available in Silicon Valley meat markets around his home in San Jose, California.  Reed calls himself a refugee Mennonite.  He spent his boyhood in Lebanon County,Pennsylvania, near Swatara Gap.  After eight years of education in Mennonite schools, a stint with MCC Japan and a period of free-lancing for Mennonite publications, he moved to San Francisco and became a recruiter for high-tech firms.He and his wife Patricia affiliated with the Presbyterians (ECO) in Milpitas, CA some years ago and he serves as an elder there.  Reed's previous historical novels, Mennonite Soldier and He Flew Too High are available through Masthof Press.