{"id":1253,"date":"2010-11-30T11:15:16","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T16:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joeclarksblog.wordpress.com\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2012-01-08T16:35:41","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T20:35:41","slug":"the-owl-hoot-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/?p=1253","title":{"rendered":"The Owl Hoot Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Book One<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Sometimes life can surprise you.\u00a0 Such is the case with my friendship with one T.H. Bear and his lovely wife, The Bear Lady.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I have known The Bear and his wife for over 20 years now.\u00a0 They have both worked in law enforcement and they are also pilots.\u00a0 Throughout our years of friendship, I heard the Bear talk about the books he was writing, but he would always say, \u201cAw, I only write mainly for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, for whatever reason, he decided he should write for others.\u00a0 I am glad he did and I am happy to be involved in his creative efforts.<\/p>\n

The Bear\u2019s mind is an amazing thing.\u00a0 He has all kinds of trivia trapped within his cranium including, most importantly, history.\u00a0 Combined with his fertile imagination, he has created one of the best stories I have ever read.<\/p>\n

The story The Bear has written is broken into a trilogy.\u00a0 The series titled, The Owl Hoot Trail,<\/em> includes three books.\u00a0 Book one is Gold in the Red Desert<\/em>, the title of the second book is The Withlacoochee Renegades,<\/em> and the third volume is The Turning of the Earth.<\/em><\/p>\n

All three books tell the story of one Clifford \u201cReb\u201d Brown.\u00a0 Having grown up in Southern Georgia before the war, Reb finds himself caught up in the events of the War Between the States.\u00a0 The Bear has done an incredible job of weaving his fictional characters into the actual facts of history.\u00a0 He laces his stories into the world events of the time and illustrates how the actions which take place half a world away influence the outcome of the characters of his novel.<\/p>\n

The first book, tells the story of how Reb finds himself fighting against the Union and becoming captured.\u00a0 He spends time as a prisoner of war at Point Lookout in Maryland.\u00a0 The war finally ends and Cliff Brown begins his long trek home to Georgia barefooted and malnourished, as so many recently released prisoners.\u00a0 At home, he finds The Reconstruction of the South unbearable.\u00a0 In short order, the authorities accuse him of a crime he did not commit.\u00a0 This puts Reb on the owl hoot trail heading for the territory of Wyoming.<\/p>\n

While in Wyoming Reb makes great friends as well as enemies even as he lives from one adventure to the next.\u00a0 The Bear vividly weaves details of the Wyoming Territory with historical accounts of the Pony Express, the gold rush, and governmental history of the time.\u00a0 Toward the end of book one, Reb receives a telegram from his mother requesting him to come home.<\/p>\n

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Book Two<\/p><\/div>\n

Book two opens with Cliff and his new bride making their way back to Georgia.\u00a0 Cliff comes home to find the situation grimmer than the short message of his mother\u2019s telegram.\u00a0 This leads to more adventure for Cliff as he tries to make right the things that are wrong in the land of his home.<\/p>\n

I have read book two and I am in the process of finishing book one. I simply cannot tell you where book three leads.\u00a0 I have not read that one yet, but as with everyone who has read The Bear\u2019s first books, I too, eagerly await the stories of Cliff\u2019s further adventures.\u00a0 One of our mutual aviator friends who read The Bear\u2019s first book, gave The Bear $50 to get the very first copy of book two.<\/p>\n

Seriously, these books are that good.\u00a0 Once you start reading, it is hard to put the story down until you are finished.\u00a0 The Bear’s writing style keeps the reader fully engaged and wondering what will happen next.\u00a0\u00a0Both books\u00a0are available through our website, follow the hyperlink above.\u00a0 Book three to follow soon.<\/p>\n

I do not exaggerate when I say The Bear could be the next Louis L\u2019Amour.<\/p>\n

-30-<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2010 J. Clark<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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