When the Civil War broke out, Missouri was secured for the Union, but many Southern-leaning citizens in the border state resented the Federal occupation. Fighting along the border flared up again as hundreds of boys and young men took to the bush to champion the Rebel cause. Waging a particularly vicious brand of guerilla warfare, they stayed to fight long after regular Confederate forces had been driven from the state. Although William "Bloody Bill" Anderson always warrants special mention in books about Confederate Civil War guerrilla William Quantrill, Anderson's story has scarcely been...

Join the crew of the Tendril as they explore possible remnants of an alien civilization. Things go terribly wrong when their ship is destroyed and their survey craft crash lands on the frozen world of Quarvine. Limited supplies and with no escape from the planet, they must survive the extreme cold as well as each other as tempers flare. The Meridian, with its seven person crew, is commandeered and assigned the agent Dennis Daniels. They must overcome hostile forces believed to be of alien origin as well as treachery if they are to rescue the crew of the Tendril.

Join the crew of the Tendril as they explore possible remnants of an alien civilization. Things go terribly wrong when their ship is destroyed and their survey craft crash lands on the frozen world of Quarvine. Limited supplies and with no escape from the planet, they must survive the extreme cold as well as each other as tempers flare. The Meridian, with its seven person crew, is commandeered and assigned the agent Dennis Daniels. They must overcome hostile forces believed to be of alien origin as well as treachery if they are to rescue the crew of the Tendril.

The Son of the Father begins when Aaron Garcia receives a strange call from Idaho. He and friends from his former Navy SEAL team rush to the western state to rescue an abducted Catholic priest from the compound of a neo-Nazi gang of skinheads. A beautiful nun joins them in the operation and becomes an avenger. The team is surprised to discover a plot to assassinate a high-ranking government official, and hurries to stop another murder. Aaron must decide between stopping the neo-Nazi leader and caring for the new love in his life. The lessons he learned from his father sustain him in his...

This book features brief entries about the people, places, events, and culture of the Ozarks, covering anything and everything about the region in a very concise format.

Marauders like Jesse James and the Younger gang earned Missouri the title of Outlaw State, but the male desperadoes had nothing on their female counterparts. Belle Queen of the Bandits Starr and Cora Hubbard kept Missouri s sensationalist newspapers and dime novelists in business with exploits ranging from horse thefts to bank heists. Missouri native Ma Barker and her murderous sons rose to infamy during the gangster era of the 1930s while Bonnie Parker crisscrossed the state with Clyde Barrow. From savvy burlesque dancers to deadly gold diggers, historian Larry Wood chronicles the...

Before executions were moved to Jefferson City, the State of Missouri executed well over 300 people in the various counties, most by legal hanging, and citizens have taken the law into their own hands to lynch about 200 people by hanging during Missouri history. In his latest book, historian Larry Wood details thirteen of the state's more remarkable lynchings and an equal number of its legal hangings.