When Derek Barton enters his school spelling bee, he is challenged to excel by his major sponsor, Sara Daniel. Others assisting her in his preparation possess different and more sinister motives. Derek faces a moral dilemma in which each step he takes towards the state finals ratchets up the stakes. In the final analysis, whichever choice he makes will endanger people he loves and lead to devastating consequences.
When Alex Devereux returns home to practice law in 1927 Aiken, South Carolina, he is greeted by the same prejudices and discrimination he vowed to fight before he left eight years earlier. The discovery of incriminating evidence from the lynching of three black youths places Alex, his family, and the black community in jeopardy. Ripping the scab from that ugly wound unleashes evil forces determined to keep their sinister secrets buried and maintain the status quo.
Throughout long profiles and conversations--ranging from 1982 to 2001--the renowned author makes clear his distinctions between historical fact and his own creative leaps
Blackberries in the Summer" portrays the life of Eulalie Salley with special emphasis on her drive for women's rights and her remarkable role in the development of Aiken's Winter Colony. Her career in real estate placed her in contact with the rich and famous people who came to Aiken to build winter cottages and participate in the community's equestrian lifestyle in the first half of the twentieth century.
Don McNay is a best-selling author, Huffington Post contributor and was an award winning syndicated columnist from 2003 to 2013. He is based in Kentucky and Greater New Orleans. This is a collection of his most highly acclaimed columns and short pieces. www.donmcnay.com
A renowned scientist in Montana dies. His heirs immediately file life insurance claims demanding payment. As an insurance fraud investigator, Nathan Hale Parker is sent to probe the hit-and-run accident that killed the man. But he finds nothing accidental about it. He embarks on a coast-to-coast investigation that discovers a trail of dead witnesses and an extraordinary conspiracy of greed. a Nathan Parker novel www.nathanhaleparker.com
The 1874 invasion of Montana was organized in Western Montana around the present-day city of Bozeman. On the surface, it appeared to be a prospecting expedition in search of gold in Eastern Montana, but its hidden objective was to cause serious trouble with the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. It was a small expedition composed of only 150 innocent-looking civilian frontiersmen and prospectors. When closely examined, however, it is realized this was not the case. The elite group who headed into Eastern Montana were anything but innocent. For the most part, they were hardened Civil War veterans, Texas Rangers, and Indian fighters. The expedition left Bozeman, Montana and headed East down the Yellowstone. April 4 found them in battle on the Rosebud. From then on, for the next three weeks, they fought almost continually until reaching the ruins of old Fort C.F. Smith. After each battle, scores of Indian dead were counted. Throughout the expedition they were led by a man with unbelievable leadership abilities. As proof of his leadership, the expedition fought three major battles, at one time facing up to 1,500 well armed Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. Despite these overwhelming odds, they lost only one man of their own. Until now, the government's involvement in the expedition's activities has not been fully understood. The expedition was supported and supplied by the United States Government for only one purpose: to cause an uprising among the hostile Sioux and Cheyenne tribes of Eastern Montana. This expedition was a direct cause of death of General Custer and his famous Seventh Cavalry. For years, that expedition has been but a footnote in history. Now, with the uncanny knack for research that Don Weibert has, it becomes a part of understanding the history of the West.
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