City Marshal Mathew Duncan of Campbellton, Georgia (c1871) enforces the law and protects the town from the influx of "freed men" from the North during the Reconstruction years. He falls in love with a mysterious handsome woman (Margaret Selman), and takes on a son (Jody Braswell) who is adopted after the boy's mother dies. The trio, along with several colorful characters, join the crew constructing a new telegraph line from Campbellton to Fairburn. Along the way they encounter freed men who attempt to hold up the crew, and other lawless travelers. The National Bank of Atlanta is robbed and...

DUNCAN'S YANKEE - VOLUME 2 OF THE MATHEW DUNCAN TRILOGY Marshal Mathew Duncan set a legendary high watermark for himself when he took on the Atlanta bank robbers in the bend of the river. Few could have done what he did with trained, seasoned gunmen, let alone with a young boy, a woman, a drunk, and a one-eyed old Mexican War veteran. Marshal Duncan enforced the law with equality to all, keeping the Federal troops at bay in Campbellton, while they patrolled and remained active in the surrounding towns during the Reconstruction Era of the South. In his alone time, his love and thoughts of...