published his debut novel "Leave No Child Behind." At the time he was
still working as a school administrator, in Xenia, if memory serves.
Overbeck went on to retire from his long academic career and has thrown
himself full force into writing novels. This new one, "Abigail Trench -
a Novel of Washington's Spy Ring" is the first book in what he hopes to
be a quartet of books about the Culper Ring, a group of Americans who
conducted espionage against the British during the Revolutionary War.
Overbeck made his fifth appearance on the program to talk about it. He
was fairly exuberant, this book was just published by a major publisher,
all his hard work seems to be paying off. And this one came out just in
time for the sesquicentennial! Overbeck resides in Lebanon, Ohio.
