Description: Anyone who has read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer or been fascinated by the Civil War will be enthralled by Tom's adventures in this novel. A graduate of West Point, Tom develops a friendship with Hiram Ulysses Grant. He is commissioned a major in the U.S. Army and commands a regiment under Colonel Cameron of the 79th New York at Manassas. Severely wounded, he spends time recuperating in Galena, Illinois. Together Tom and Rebecca discover a plot to kill General Grant. Tom is led into the nerve-racking world of undercover operations against the Confederacy. He finds the spy business another grand adventure.
Brief description:
John Bradley Jones is a graduate of Indiana University/Perdue University, Indianapolis, with minors in psychology and writing. He is a retired manufacturing engineer and safety professional. His interest in the Civil War began with tracing his own ancestry to relatives who fought in the war. He is blessed to have a wife of fifty years and two lovely children.