Get the "Between Rail and River" e-book FREE Jan. 22-24
To celebrate Canawlers coming back into print in paperback, I’m offering the second book in the Canawlers series, Between Rail and River, for free on you Kindle from Jan. 22-24. Between Rail and River picks up where Canawlers ends. As the Fitzgerald family struggles to make it through the winter of 1862-1863 and what has been a poor boating year on the C&O Canal, the Civil War is drawing ever closer to being fought aboard the Freeman. George Fitzgerald’s unexpected return from the war pits him against David Windover, an ex-Confederate spy, who now works and lives with the Fitzgeralds. Alice Fitzgerald struggles to hold her family together as a vindictive sheriff and a haughty doctor’s wife work to tear them apart. Tony, the street urchin from Cumberland, has found a life aboard the Freeman, but Sheriff Lee Whittaker has Read more…
"Canawlers" back in print!
It’s been a couple years since I allowed Canawlers to go out of print. I still kept getting requests from bookstores and some individual buyers to get copies, though. I went back and forth about it, but since I’m hoping to bring the third book in the trilogy out around Christmas time, I figured I would need to have the first book available, too. So I gave in and brought the book back in print. It is available today and it is still only $17.95. You can order a copy from Amazon and if it’s not in your favorite bookstore yet, they should probably be able to order it. Canawlers is a family saga set on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal during the Civil War. Hugh Fitzgerald proudly calls himself a “canawler.” He works on the C&O Canal transporting coal Read more…
Rare "Lost" Book Turns Out to Be Simply Forgotten
Earlier this year, a rare 270-year-old book was found in a Charleston, South Carolina, library. Dissertation Upon Parties by Henry St. John Lord Bolingbroke was published in 1743. It was one of 800 books that John Mackenzie, a planter and diplomat, donated to the College of Charleston in the 1700’s. However, this book, one of 15 known to still exist, never made it to the college. When Mackenzie made the donation, the library at the college wasn’t ready for it. While a new library was being built, the books were stored at the Charleston Library Society. A 1778 fire nearly destroyed the Library Society and only 77 books were thought to have been saved. Dissertation Upon Parties makes 78 books. It was found after a multi-year search through the Library Society’s collection, which contains thousands of books. “We have lists Read more…
FREE on Kindle for Nov. 10-12 – Kidnapping the Generals
In honor of Veteran’s Day, Amazon is offering my e-book Kidnapping the Generals: The South’s Most-Daring Raid Against the Union Army on Nov. 10-12. This is a true story of a Confederate Ranger raid that inspired many Southerners and embarrassed the Union Army. In the waning days of the Civil War, McNeill’s Rangers launched a daring raid against the Union Army in the hopes of reinvigorating the Confederacy. The Rangers snuck into the heavily guarded city of Cumberland, Maryland, and kidnapped two generals. So why not download a copy to your Kindle today? If you read it and enjoy the story, I would appreciate you reviewing the book. Thanks! Here’s a link for the book: http://www.amazon.com/Kidnapping-Generals-Most-Daring-Against-ebook/dp/B0098CXOJA/ref=la_B001K8UU88_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1352205696&sr=1-11
First Lincoln Assassination Report Found After 147 Years
This summer, we’ll hear that Abraham Lincoln is a vampire still living today. Luckily, we can also read an interesting non-fiction report that hasn’t been seen since 1865. The first doctor to reach President Abraham Lincoln after he was shot wrote his report on the day that Lincoln died. However, his report was filed away in the National Archives and believed to not have been seen since that time.I saw this story and found it interesting. I’ve read some books about the Lincoln assassination and even written a little about it. There are so many books out there about Lincoln that it’s hard to find something new about him (hopefully, you don’t consider Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter a fresh view). Dr. Charles Leale was 40 feet from Lincoln in Ford’s Theater the night the President was shot. He rushed to Read more…
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