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The Saint Makers chronicles the unlikely alliance between Father Hotze and Dr. Andrea Ambrosi, a country priest and a cosmopolitan Italian canon lawyer, as the two piece together the life of a long dead Korean War hero and military chaplain and fashion it into a case for eternal divinity. Joe Drape offers a front row seat to the Catholic Church's saint-making machinery-which, in many ways, has changed little in two thousand years-and examines how, or if, faith and science can co-exist.This rich and unique narrative leads from the plains of Kansas to the opulent halls of the Vatican, through brutal Korean War prison camps, and into the stories of two individuals, Avery Gerleman and Chase Kear, whose lives were threatened by illness and injury and whose family and friends prayed to Father Kapaun, sparking miraculous recoveries in the heart of America.



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Joe Drape

Joe Drape is a reporter for The New York Times who has covered thoroughbred racing for nearly two decades. He is a two-time winner of the Eclipse Award for outstanding coverage of horse racing. His book, "Black Maestro: The Epic Life of an American Legend," is a biography of Jimmy Winkfield, the last African American jockey to win the Kentucky Derby. It was awarded the inaugural winner of the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award, given annually to a work that contributes to the literature surrounding thoroughbreds. In 2012, he co-authored The New York Times series Breakdown: Death & Disarray at American Racetracks that prompted widespread reform in drug rules and penalties and won several prizes for investigative journalism. Its companion documentary was nominated for an Emmy Award. He is the author six books, including he NYT Bestseller "Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen. About me: I am a Kansas City native and a graduate of Southern Methodist University. I previously worked for The Dallas Morning News and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. I live with my wife and son in New York City.



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