A Boy, His Mule and Dog

by Sean Patrick O'Mordha

Overview

In the spring of 1866, Samuel Buford Terry is fourteen when his mother dies. His father and oldest brother were killed during the American Civil War. His only other relative, an older brother, went to Texas to join the Confederacy, but hasn't been heard from. Acting on his mother's death-bed instructions, Sam begins the journey to find his brother, Louis. There is one major problem. His education is minimal and having never traveled further than twenty miles from home, he is totally ill-prepared to undertake a journey to Texas. Arriving in Warsaw, Missouri, he comes under the influence of a family who operate a freight business and with their help begins to learn those things needed to continue the journey, a journey that takes him along the old Butterfield Stage Line route through Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory, Texas, and eventually to Tucson in New Mexico Territory. It's not an easy or safe journey as he encounters adverse weather, friendly and unfriendly Indians, and scoundrels, as well as good people, but his encounter with the Mescalero Apache changes his life forever. This historically-based story is fiction, but many of the characters and events were real.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940153731100
Publisher:	Sean Patrick O''Mordha
Publication date:	09/10/2016
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Sean O'Mordha grew up riding horses through the mountains of SE Wyoming. Fresh out of high school and attending the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, he landed the job of cub reporter for a major newspaper there. During the next two years, he studied journalism and archaeology and came under the tutelage of writer, Rod Serling. That career path was interrupted upon receiving an all-expense, paid trip to Vietnam courtesy of Uncle Sam. Returning home, life took a decidedly different direction as he a Law Enforcement Officer, completing a career as a Federal officer and special prosecutor in his native Wyoming twenty-two years later. During this time he actively wrote for National and International police journals. Upon retirement, he continued writing non-fiction and short fiction until encouraged to write a novel. He has published a number of novels and many short stories. The father of three, he retired to southern Arizona to be near grandchildren when not traveling to the locations of the next novel under construction. He also is involved with operations at Celtic Publications of Arizona.