I have published Spirit of the Snake, a western novel set in 1865 Texas, and The Golden Amulet, also set in 1865, but a novel much different than Spirit. Both are about post Civil War America.
My third book, Blood Spirit, will be released in March. It is a follow-up to Spirit of the Snake.
Texas was at a pivotal point in 1871. Texans had long sought relief from the devastating raids of Kiowas and Comanches and suffered from cattle rustlers, killers and thieves. It would take the near death of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman for the Army to answer the call for protection.
Buck Landers, a veteran of the Civil War, settled in Texas in 1865 and earned a reputation as a gunfighter. But he married and settled down to raise a family and make his fortune as a cattleman, hoping never more to use his gun. But the unsettled frontier and his sense of right would play a role in his future.
His sense of right and wrong, his desire for justice and the protection of those without shelter leads him down a trail of danger, one that could mean his death.
The story centers around the astonishing history of 1871 Texas, a time when those who dared faced great hardships. There were fortunes to be made, but the price for many was death.
I am an award-winning photographer, journalist and newspaper editor, who was raised in the Palo Pinto country of North Central Texas, the "Cradle of the Cattle Industry." My work, including both fiction and non-fiction, has been published nationally and I have been a contributing writer and photographer for the Associated Press. My published work includes interviews with such notables as actor/artist Buck Taylor and famed business woman Alice Walton. During a 20-year Army career I was a bomb disposal and munitions technician and worked with the United States Secret Service on presidential and VIP protective details.
Interested? Books are available for $14.99 plus postage. Drop me an e-mail at markeng@nsb-pklake.com. Or go to www.unlimitedpublishing.com or amazon.com. Folks can also visit http://markengebretson.blogspot.com for information and reader comments.
My third book, Blood Spirit, will be released in March. It is a follow-up to Spirit of the Snake.
Texas was at a pivotal point in 1871. Texans had long sought relief from the devastating raids of Kiowas and Comanches and suffered from cattle rustlers, killers and thieves. It would take the near death of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman for the Army to answer the call for protection.
Buck Landers, a veteran of the Civil War, settled in Texas in 1865 and earned a reputation as a gunfighter. But he married and settled down to raise a family and make his fortune as a cattleman, hoping never more to use his gun. But the unsettled frontier and his sense of right would play a role in his future.
His sense of right and wrong, his desire for justice and the protection of those without shelter leads him down a trail of danger, one that could mean his death.
The story centers around the astonishing history of 1871 Texas, a time when those who dared faced great hardships. There were fortunes to be made, but the price for many was death.
I am an award-winning photographer, journalist and newspaper editor, who was raised in the Palo Pinto country of North Central Texas, the "Cradle of the Cattle Industry." My work, including both fiction and non-fiction, has been published nationally and I have been a contributing writer and photographer for the Associated Press. My published work includes interviews with such notables as actor/artist Buck Taylor and famed business woman Alice Walton. During a 20-year Army career I was a bomb disposal and munitions technician and worked with the United States Secret Service on presidential and VIP protective details.
Interested? Books are available for $14.99 plus postage. Drop me an e-mail at markeng@nsb-pklake.com. Or go to www.unlimitedpublishing.com or amazon.com. Folks can also visit http://markengebretson.blogspot.com for information and reader comments.
I've been fortunate to have great reader comments on all three books: The Golden Amulet, Spirit of the Snake and Blood Spirit. The books are novels, but there is history there, what was happening in the US and what was happening in Texas - the challenges, the dangers, the courage it took to come to new lands. There's a lot of research involved in each. I don't profess to be a historian, just a guy who loves the history of a bygone era.
Posted by: Mark Engebretson | May 12, 2010 at 07:48 PM