Coming, May 2007 with my short story "After Black Jack Dropped"
My novel about General Benjamin Grierson, titled Sword & Drum was released November 2003.
Be sure to check out my photos of Bent's Fort (temporarily out of order--sorry). Warriors of the Plains is the title and it was published in April 2003. Look for additional pictures in the months to come. Warriors of the Plains is about Bent's Old Fort and the Bent, St. Vrain Company, a powerful trading force in the old West. Ceran St. Vrain was a mountain man and Charles Bent accepted appointment as the first American governor of New Mexico and survived in this post only a few months until his scalping and murder, a vicious part of a Taos Indian rebellion fed by the Mexican War.
Released in April 2002 is my book about the Ute slaughter of Nathan Meeker, titled The White River Massacre. It has a great cover by Ken Laager, which will be posted here soon. Right now, you might like to see a picture of the White River Museum in Meeker, Colorado. (also temporarily gone missing--sorry)
Released January 2001 was The Battle of Lost River about the Modoc War.
Captain Jack led his tribe against overwhelming odds, only to come to a bizarre end after killing the only U.S. general to die in combat during the Indian Wars, General ERS Canby. The first chapter will be posted here after contractual details are settled. I am excited about this book and the neglected backwater of Western history it will cover.
Released November 1999: the fourth book published under the Karl Lassiter pen name. First Cherokee Rifles tells the story of Stand Watie and his rise to be the first Cherokee general in the Confederate Army. More than the fight of North against South, the Cherokees fought one another in a bitter conflict for political supremacy within their tribe. Check out the great cover for it over in the Picture Gallery.
The original title, Man of Two Wars, was an attempt to portray the battle against Jayhawkers and the more personal one against many of his own people. John Ross, Watie's life-long bitter opponent, never lived to see Watie's triumph, his election to be principal chief of the Cherokee. Militarily, Watie was the last Confederate general to surrender, not giving up the fight until months after Appomattox.
To check the status, surf over to the publisher's web site.
