Tom Sawyer's Civil War Chronicles - Paperback

by John Bradley Jones (Author), David L. Johnson (Foreword by)

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.

Author Biography

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.