Kentucky Choirboy: The life and times of a Confederate raider from his escape from Camp Douglas to the raid on St. Albans, the extradition trial in Montreal, and the pursuit of justice against the Ku Klux Klan.

"There was no end to the sounds in the camp. The shouts of the guards, Freddy's voice as he recited his favorite poems, the sound of rotten meat hissing and popping over makeshift fires, the banging of pots and pans in the camp kitchen, the wind blowing off Lake Michigan, the dull clank of shovels and pickaxes as men dug graves, the bird song during funerals and the pitter-patter of the rain on the window sill as I read the bible I carry in my vest pocket."

From the bestselling author of Whi...