The Sower Went Forth
by Isabelle Leach

Marie and Judd are a typical American couple who have struggled through the Great Depression and World War II. They face more personal challenges in post-war Washington, D.C. when their bright and charming, but confused, teenage son, Rick, becomes involved in behavior which leads to arrest and imprisonment. The reader will be drawn to this bright and earnest young man as he tries to discover and determine his values in life. A story told with great sensitivity as this Christian family deals with issues of morality and crime, and emerges with a refreshing and truly inspiring idea which could revise currently held theories of law enforcement.

About the Author

Isabelle Leach earned her reputation as a daring and fearless journalist by defending causes such as equal rights and preservatoin of natural resources. Articles written by Leach are credited with having made substantial contributions toward the preservation of Assateague Island National Seashore. Leach was present, camera in hand, when NASA Wallops Island began launching the first pre-orbital flights in the infancy of the Space Program. She played a role improving race relations in the 1960s and in the preservation of historic Costen House in Pocomoke City, Maryland.

Leach has been a contributor to the Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun as a stringer reporter. On three separate occasions she was the recipient of the MD-DEL-DC Press Association award for Excellence in Journalism. She served as editor of the local newspaper in Pocomoke City and was a weekly columnist for the Daily Times in Salisbury, Maryland.

In The Sower Went Forth, Leach employs a lifetime of experience and wisdom in producing this touching and revealing story of passion and triumph. She is the daughter of two published writers, the Rev. Floyd Keeler and Isabelle Emory Keeler, and was married to her late husband, James Craig Leach for nearly 60 years. She lives in Pocomoke City, Maryland, where she continues to write.