A World Without War: An Interview with Kathleen Rooney

Kathleen Rooney’s most recent historical fiction novel “Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey” looks into the forgotten lives of individuals who endured the tortuous fighting. Writing from the perspectives of its title characters, Rooney follows a homing-pigeon-turned-hero who saved the lives of 195 American soldiers who were stranded in the Argonne Forest under the command of their beloved leader Major Whittlesey.