title: The Hummingbird Defenders: Stories, Essays, and Poems
author: Greg Karas
description: Greg Karas was born in Chicago in 1954. For over thirty years he has been a 4th grade teacher in Valparaiso, Indiana. This is his first book.
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  Long Haul by Dee Ellis
  
  
  © 2021 by Dee Ellis. All rights reserved.
  
  
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  Cover Design: Dee Ellis
  
  
  Interior Formatting: Dee Ellis
  
  
  Publisher: Hummingbird Press
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter One](part0003.html#_Toc70178413)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](part0004.html#_Toc70178414)
  
  
  [Chapter Three](part0005.html#_Toc70178415)
  
  
  [Chapter Four](part0006.html#_Toc70178416)
  
  
  [Chapter Five](part0007.html#_Toc70178417)
  
  
  [Chapter Six](part0008.html#_Toc70178418)
  
  
  [Chapter Seven](part0009.html#_Toc70178419)
  
  
  [Chapter Eight](part0010.html#_Toc70178420)
  
  
  [Chapter Nine](part0011.