Jesse McCann: The Journey

ISBN: 1477617817

Author: Freeman-Harper, Jeanie

Condition: New

Review The Plot Thickens: Jesse McCann in East Texasby JIM "PAPPY" MOORE, columnist for "The Gilmer Mirror"This blend of romance and fictionalized history of the region, wrapped around a story of financial intrigue and human failings, does a good job of keeping the reader engaged from beginning to end. The book is available through Amazon, and it can be read through Kindle, if you are a Kindle aficionado. Give it a look. It is enjoyable reading and entertaining as well. 2012, Jim "Pappy" Mooregilmermirror.com/bookmark/21077376/article-The+Plot+Thickens-+Jesse+McCann+in+East+Texas#.UMThOCmGgI4.blogger Product Description A boy from a small West Texas town grows up dreaming of finding the father he has never seen. In 1888, at age twenty, Jesse McCann begins a search that brings him to the bustling East Texas sawmill town of Morgans Bluff. Despite reports of his father's death, he finds him living as a minister, under an assumed identity, in an effort to hide dark secrets. On Jesse's quest for truth and justice, a legendary lone wolf, a one legged ex lumberjack, and a girl of Caddo-Irish descent become his only allies in a town filled with danger and deceit. From the Author I decided to write about a saw mill town, and as I wrote, I remembered all the details given me growing up....real stories about real East Texas logging camps and the rugged men who worked in the deep forests. Although the story is fiction, the spark of an idea came to me after hearing the story of my grandfather and great grandfather. So if you ask me if the book is, after all, nonfiction, I must tell you it is inspired by actual events. Most of  the rest is pure imagination.Jesse McCann has come to represent all the spirited young men of a dynamic time in Texas history when timber became big business, just before the coming of the railroad into the thick Piney Woods.The folklore and customs of the late eighteen hundreds are as accurate as I could make them with extensive research and family knowledge. This novella is the beginning of  a trilogy and an introduction to strong,  prevailing Texas family not unlike my own. I call them the McCanns.Thank you for getting to know them. About the Author Jeanie Freeman-Harper is a descendant of Texas pioneer families. Her great love of the Texas Forest Country and its unique heritage is evident in this her first novella. Jeanie is married, the mother of three and grandmother of two. She is a freelance writer and blogger.