As Gideon tries to recover his family's buried gold, Emily realizes she cannot tolerate slavery and determines to return to Illinois, and Nat tries to find his brother before attempting to escape again
Lee Roddy's journalism career began as a radio drama script writer. He has been a newspaper and radio broadcast executive with experience in advertising agencies and public relations. His award-winning newspaper was sold in 1973, and he is presently a full-time Christian writer. On the West Coast he writes and edits for prominent Christian leaders. He has taught many writing courses including sessions at Mount Herman Christian Writers Conference and Biola College. He is the author of numerous books and his published items number in the thousands both for secular and Christian publications. As a lifelong history buff he has written hundreds of newspaper columns on the subject. For several years he wrote and narrated the radio series "Your American Heritage." Mr. Roddy is a graduate of Los Angeles State College and lives in California with his wife near Disneyland. He has two grown children.
Yeah! I like a lot of things about "Where Bugles Call". In fact, I liked this book better than the 1st in the series. I'm now more excited to see where the next books lead into.
There's some real drama playing -- elements that I feel are very true to the Civil War era. Plus, it's filled with quality morals for kids, has some good elements of faith (such as the characters offering to pray for each other), and an overall plot that entwines many stories.
Gideon is on a mission to help and save his family, Emily is trying her hardest to get out of the South where her views are not welcome, and Nat is trying to escape from his plantation...
I'm intrigued to find out how the story continues, and these stories continue to entertwine.
My sister received this book as a child and I begged her to have it once I read it. I couldn't stand not knowing what happened next, so I ended up buying the whole series. A wonderful investment with rich dialogue, clear opposing perspectives, and a believable account of what happened during the Civil War.