| Home to Texas Contributor(s): Nicholson, Thom (Author) |
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ISBN: 1432839292 ISBN-13: 9781432839291 Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print OUR PRICE: $26.59 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Westerns - General - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2017017780 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (1.35 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Country/Cowboy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Doctor Travis Sasser, the chief surgeon of General Hood s Texas Brigade, has served with distinction since the beginning of the war. Unfortunately, he is captured during the Chattanooga campaign and sent to the POW camp at Rock Island, Illinois. As the time drags by and the war nears its end, Travis receives word that his family s ranch in Texas is about to be grabbed by carpetbaggers for nonpayment of taxes. In desperation he breaks out of prison along with his medical orderly, Homer Waites, and Jake Wheeler, a crusty sergeant from Nathan Forrest s cavalry corps. Jake knows where some Union payroll is hidden; just what Travis needs to save his ranch. Joining with Marie and Irma, two female spies working for the South, they brazenly make their way through the Union lines to Texas. Once there, Travis pays off the tax lien, but determines that a cattle drive is the only way to get the ranch back on its feet. The drive is made, east, to the Mississippi, overcoming outlaws under the command of Jeremy Asherton, Travis s sworn enemy. Travis s medical skill is tested as he fights to save Marie, the Confederate spy he has come to love.
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Contributor Bio(s): Nicholson, Thom: - Thom was born in Springfield, Missouri, and graduated from Missouri School of Mines with a bachelor s degree in nuclear engineering. After joining the US Army, he graduated from Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia, where he is now in its Hall of Fame. He joined Special Forces and his initial overseas assignment was in South Vietnam, where he was the XO of Camp A-224, Phu Tuc, which actively engaged in operations against the Viet Cong. He retired in 1996 as a full colonel. He is a Registered Professional Engineer, a graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and an Enrolled Agent of the IRS. He is married to Sandra and lives in Highland Ranch, Colorado. They have five grown children. Connect with Thom Nicholson @ Thomsbooks.com |