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That was the year we had no food Its the spring of and times are hard in Washington County Arkansas especially for thirteen-year-old Travis Ford He hasnt heard from his father a sergeant in the nd Arkansas Cavalry in months His mother is struggling to make ends meet on the family farm and abandoned sawmill near Poison Spring All Travis really wants to do is to follow his passion make up adventure stories in the style of Alexandre Dumas But the Civil War keeps getting in his way Since his mother hails from Illinois and has Abolitionist leanings the Ford family including Traviss twin sister Edith and their seven-year-old brother Baby Hugh has few friends to turn to for help only eccentric Miss Mary Frederick who owns a cotton plantation down the road and Uncle Willard Ford a slave trader in nearby Camden For the most part Anna Louella Ford and her children find themselves alone and they are about to become even more isolated.
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Johnny D. Boggs has worked cattle, been bucked off horses (breaking two ribs last time) , shot rapids in a canoe, hiked across mountains and deserts, traipsed around ghost towns, and spent hours poring over microfilm in library archives -- all in the name of finding a good story. He was won six Spur Awards from Western Writers of America, a Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and has been called by Booklist magazine "among the best western writers at work today." He also writes for numerous magazines, including True West, Wild West, Boys' Life and Western Art & Architecture, speaks and lectures often, studies old movies (Westerns and film noir) and even finds time to coach Little League. A native of South Carolina and former newspaper journalist, he lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife and son. His website is www.johnnydboggs.com.
