Bob’s connection with the regions discussed in his work are more than mere coincidence. Some of his own family settled first in North Carolina during the 17th century and were granted land in East Tennessee for their efforts in the American Revolution. Others migrated...
A Freemason, himself, Bob’s research has included much about that institution, and the incidental references to that group are authenticated by information he has gained from that interest. In the book, the principal character joins a Masonic lodge in Elizabethtown,...
The vernacular, or dialect we see assigned to various members of the cast stem from Bob’s own experiences and his exposure to friends and acquaintances in his own life. Raised in rural Santa Clara County during the great depression and the ‘Dust Bowl’ phenomenon in...
As the forward in the book points out, the American Civil War provides the perfect setting for a story in which human drama, history, geography, and dedication to one’s principles are involved. Though we now know, the ‘peculiar institution’ of slavery was being phased...
The principal character, Jesse Logan is a product of necessity. The name was borrowed from Bob’s great grandfather, Jesse Logan Winter and his personal characteristics are borrowed partly from his son, Lt JG Robert Winter, Jr., a Coast Guard pilot who was killed in...
Retired Sheriff Bob Winter’s interest in history and family tradition began at an early age when his father related the sad story of his own father’s death at the hands of a neighbor. It started over the fact that the neighbor’s brother was implicated in the theft of...
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