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Gone to Kingdom: Being the Recollections of a Missouri Bushwhacker
Two young men come of age on the Missouri-Kansas border as the Civil War rages around them. In his memoirs of the experience Ezra "Blackie" Douglas tells of how he and his best friend join the Missouri Partisan Rangers and learn firsthand the horrors of 'war to the knife.' Along the way they will associate with some of the war's most controversial figures such as William Quantrill, "Bloody Bill" Anderson, and brothers Frank and Jesse James, and find themselves embroiled in the horrific raid on Lawrence, Kansas, It is a brutal and unforgiving environment and a difficult way into adulthood.
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About the author:
Frederick J. Chiaventone......is a novelist, screenwriter, military historian, consultant, retired cavalry officer and Professor Emeritus for International Security Affairs at the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College. With his vast experience in the field he has become an internationally recognized expert on guerrilla warfare, counter-terrorism, peacekeeping operations, psychological operations, and broadcast media.
Chiaventone's debut novel, A Road We Do Not Know: A Novel of Custer at the Little Bighorn (Simon & Schuster) was published to rave critical reviews, won the 1999 William E. Colby Literary Award and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in literature. His next novel in the Lakota Trilogy, Moon of Bitter Cold (Forge/St. Martin's Press) was awarded the Western Heritage Award for Literature and also the William Rockhill Nelson Award for Literature.
A frequent contributor to publications such as Cowboys & Indians Magazine, Wild West, and American Heritage he has been interviewed on radio and television for productions by PBS and the History Channel, and served as the Military/Historical Advisor and coach for principal actors for Ang Lee's Civil War film Ride With The Devil (Universal/USA Films).