They Also Were Legends series by M.C. Hight (#0.5,1)
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Overview: M.C. Hight is an emerging author of Western Biographical Historical Fiction. She lives in the southwest corner of Tennessee next to the Mighty Mississippi River. Her love for writing is lifelong. As a prolific reader, she has always wanted to be a published author, and now with retirement in her possession, it is possible. She has been writing “a book” since the day the space shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986. That book has turned into a serial of books, of which five are already written, including the prequel, “The Border Wars”, a short novelette introducing the characters of the three storylines that run throughout the books. Set in 1860-1880’s Missouri and the old west, the serial is a story that has not left her consciousness for thirty-four years, even during an over twenty-year hiatus from writing because life interfered.
Genre: General Fiction/Classics
0.5 The Border Wars
It was a time of renegade soldiers on both sides of the War Between The States. Where tempers flared and opinions clashed, trumping the boundaries of right or wrong. Everyone had a story, and a handful of them were destined to become…legend.
In addition to being a highly-educated young woman, Myra MayBelle Shirley is also an avid thrill-seeker. Running spy letters and information for Quantrill’s Guerrillas seems like an exciting adventure, until Myra Belle is captured on a scouting adventure. Held captive by a Union Major, she is forced to wait for the news that they have murdered her brother. Will she finagle her escape in time to save him?
Jesse James wants nothing more than to join his brother Frank, Cole Younger, and Luke Murdock as a Guerrilla with Quantrill. Unfortunately, age is holding him back. But, when the Unionist militia, comprised of neighbors and schoolmates, comes looking for Frank and his comrades, Jesse receives the brunt of their wrath. Badly beaten, he’s powerless to do anything but watch as his stepfather is repeatedly strung up and hanged until he divulges their whereabouts. Will Frank and his comrades make good their daring escape?
Kitty Devereaux’s life seemed ideal until renegade Union soldiers raid their home to guarantee their permanent exodus. Her father is determined to fight the intruders off his land but after the violent, bloody aftermath in which everything she knows is burned to the ground, it is up to thirteen-year-old Kitty to pull what’s left of her family together and find a new place to make their home. Will she succeed?
When the dust settles over the blood-soaked earth, one truth will be clear… no one escapes unscathed. But the bravery and fortitude of the characters involved create a story that will be told to countless generations to come.
1. Boots and Saddles
It was a lawless time of revenge and retribution following the Civil War. Where basic survival trumped the boundaries of right or wrong, everyone had a story, and a handful of them became…legend.
Kitty Devereaux is desperate for money to help her floundering family, who is destitute after the Border Wars in Missouri. What risks will Kitty take to save her family from poverty? How far is she willing to go?
Some turned to careers as outlaws, none more successfully than young Jesse James. Relying on his military training for each robbery, he and his newly formed James-Younger Gang escape capture with pockets full of money and a fast-spreading reputation for lawless mayhem. What happens to them along their journey?
Myra Maybelle Shirley wants Cole Younger for her own but settling down is not part of Cole’s plan. Will Belle succeed in her quest to become Cole’s wife, or will she eventually move on? How will her life lead her to become “The Bandit Queen?”
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