1865

Continuing work-in-progress...



Only one of a half dozen Union commanders has the
guts to win the Civil War. To get the job Lincoln’s
bulldog promises to stay sober until he and a
million men crush the Rebellion. This is the
never-before-told story of how he keeps the most
important part of that promise.

COMPLETED:

"U.S. GRANT" mentored by and developed in partnership with Charles W. (Chuck) Fries. Meanwhile back at the ranch... well at least the cabin in the Ozarks, I am deep into 2nd draft of the novel w/​ten polished chapters of the novel, feature act one, and 13.5 completed of 15 series episodes:

1. WAR! (Act One)
3. THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG
4. THE BATTLE OF THE DTs
5. THE BATTLE OF VICKSBURG
6. THE BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA
7. WE HAVE FOUND OUR HERO
8. THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS
9. THE BATTLE OF SPOTSYLVANIA
10. MRS. PRESIDENT, MRS. GENERAL
11. THE BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR
12. THE BATTLE OF WASHINGTON CITY
13. WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE
14. MEXICO BEFORE APPOMATTOX
15. PEACE!

Episode 2. THE BATTLE OF SHILOH
remains in-treatment


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Americana
JAGUAR KING
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MADOC
Book I in The Madoc Saga... 322-years before Columbus, a Welsh sea captain sails west in the wake of the Vikings to save a remnant of his family from destruction by the Norman-English King Henry. Originally published by Bantam Books Inc. (ISBN 0-553-28277-8). Reissued by The Authors Guild, and on sale at Amazon.com (ISBN:0-595-16532-X)
MADOC'S HUNDRED
Book II in The Madoc Saga.... to ensure survival of his New World colony, Madoc joins Shawnee Indian allies, which provokes Iroquois enemies farther north on the Mississippi River. Original Bantam Books title (ISBN: 0-553-28521-1) is reissued by The Authors Guild, available at Amazon.com (ISBN: 0-595-16536-2)
SONGS OF THE BIG CANOE
Book III in The Madoc Saga... Madoc returns to Britain for reinforcements while his New World colony finds a permanent home among Lakota Indians on the Missouri River. Written, researched in Wales, paid for on delivery under Bantam commission, then downszed with reversion of rights to authors of about a third of Pubisher's quarterly list.
WOMAN CALLED ARKANSAS
A French soldier of fortune and a Quapaw Indian woman risk everything for love in the wilds of French Louisiana. Original Bantam Books title: "River of Destiny" (ISBN 0-553-2586-9), reissued by The Authors Guild under the Author's original title WOMAN CALLED ARKANSAS (ISBN 0-595-14029-7)
Contemporary
ON AIR
A ballzy reporter is forced to confront her vulnerability when she team up with a sentimental cop to stop a stalker who blames women for all his troubles. Complete 90,000-word novel and 122-page screenplay featured on InkTip linked below, based on events and experience at KFWB All-News radio when the Hollywood station was a true newspaper of the air.
DRIVER
A commercial actress gets more than she bargained for when she telepathically hooks up with a TV star revived after near-death experience in a case of stolen identity that ends in madness, murder and ironic new life for both of them. 109-page screenplay adapted from the Pinnacle Books novel (ISBN: 0-523-41278-9)
Science Fiction
INSIDE MOTHER
Human orphans raised by a surrogate mechanical mother invent a religion to explain their circumstances. © 1970 under byline Pat De Graw in the paperback anthology "Infinity One" published by Lancer Books, Inc. The original story "Inside Mother" is one of the log entries stored in the mechanical mother's computer database that is the unpublished 150,000-word novel LOG OF THE DOG.