Book description
In 1749, red haired blue eyed Thomas Turner left Belfast for South
Carolina. The seventeen year old was expected to carve a home and a
plantation out of the raw wilderness. The young Scots Irishman would
grow up in a hurry. Overcoming his own doubts, pirates, wild animals,
Indians, and European soldiers, he gained a foothold there to grow crops
and a family. He succeeded in establishing a prosperous plantation, and
a thriving community sprang up around it. However, because of the savage
“Red Stick” band of the Creek Indians, and battles with British troops
and American Tories, Thomas found his home repeatedly threatened by the
drum beat of war. At what price would he be able to hold on to his dream
in the New World? STEPHEN L. TURNER was born a fifth generation Texan,
sixth generation Arkansan, and an eighth generation American. His youth
was steeped in the history and culture of his heritage. He graduated
from Texas Tech School of Medicine, and has worked as a pediatrician in
rural Plainview, Texas since 1984. He is married with two married
children. He spends his free time running their panhandle ranch, raising
horses and hunting. He enjoys reading and writing historical fiction.
