In one of the worlds most beautiful places, amid swaying palms and ocean breezes, Ken Williams battles death and hopelessness. In There Must Be Honor, Ken traces a journey behind the golden faade of Santa Barbaras scenery and into the panting heart of its streets. He calls for honor, for remembrance, for compassion, for the least of usthe hardcore homeless, many of whom are, like him, veterans of our nations wars.
Remember the battlefield with him, and then return to the present as he faces down new enemies in another kind of strugglethe struggle to create compassion. Meet the people he serves, the friends he makes, and the loved ones he loses in his daily journey. There Must Be Honor represents his call for others to join him on that road to hope and a better future. Ken has won numerous accolades and awards for his many years of dedication, and his writing in this volume gives poetic reality to what is often an invisible struggle.
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Ken Williams has worked as a social worker for the homeless in Santa Barbara, California, for the last thirty years. A US Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam, he has written extensively on homelessness and the Vietnam War. His other books include China White and Shattered Dreams: A Story of the Streets. He currently resides in Santa Barbara with his wife, Donna.