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The Arkansas Valley #2
Uncertain Times
After having successfully crossed the Great Plains, Sam and Judith are faced with building and defending The Bartlett ranch. Through hard work and steadfast determination, the ranch is established and flourishes while they raise their son, Tom, to manhood. Along the way he meets the love of his life, Sue Hobbs.
315 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2004
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About the author
R. William Rogers
53 books8 followersOriginally from central California, I successfully made the transition to Colorado in 1981, and have remained here ever since.
I first began writing fiction in 1997 while on a bowhunting trip to the Sangre De Cristo Mountains of beautiful central Colorado. The desire to write that initial novel just kinda flared up after having read a few books by Author/Evangelist, Al Lacy. I wrote that first novel, MUSTANG JUSTICE, on a notepad with a pencil (well...a few pencils really). After receiving the usual rave reviews from the wife and family, I decided that I was a writer and steadfastly began entering it into the computer.
The next logical step was to have someone other than family read it. Boy, did that ever turn into a chore. Although that person liked it as well, her initial reaction was: 'Where did these people come from?' That question was answered satisfactorily after completing what had began as a tedious task at best, but quickly transformed itself into the exciting and joyous experience of writing the first three books in the Arkansas Valley Series: TOWARD A NEW BEGINNING, UNCERTAIN TIMES and SHATTERED DREAMS; MUSTANG JUSTICE turned out to be the fourth in the series.
Of course this entire endeaver had to've been Al Lacy's fault, because he lit a fire somewhere deep inside my soul after having consented to going to lunch with me and allowing me to pick his brain.
One thing led to another and I was eventually able to self-publish TOWARD A NEW BEGINNING, which was not only the first self-published work to become a finalist for the prestigious Christy Award, but won the 2003 award for 'Excellence In Christian Fiction'. Note: Mr. Lacy graciously wrote the introduction for that book.
Since then, I have written an additional sixteen(soon to be seventeen)books.
Once I complete the second installment in the Journeys of The Heart Collection, GIDEON HARTMAN,the first being STANTON, I have plans of embarking on another fact-based Christian Western series, to be titled: The Clarksons of South Park (that's in Colorado).
With that in mind, let it be said that my genre interests are not entirely limited to Christian Westerns. I have additionally written books in such genres as: Adventure, Sports (baseball), Civil War, Gold Mining, and other topics as the urge strikes me. So far my interests have been strictly fiction and will continue to be for the forseeable future.
Back in the day, I served five and a half years in the US Air Force, as a jet fighter mechanic, during the Vietnam conflict.
My wife of many years and I have five wonderful daughters and seven, count 'em, seven grandchildren. We now reside in Widefield, Colorado, with one of our grandsons, whom we adopted.
I am now mostly retired but for the past six years I have been driving a school bus for a school district in Colorado Springs. I have at times heard it said that that is 'The toughest job in the world.' As yet I have been unable to come up with a single viable argument to the contrary.
Please feel free to email me at: [email protected] with any questions, concerns or suggestions. I truly hope my work brings a little bit of joy into your life, but you may have to wipe away a tear from time to time in order to get there.
I first began writing fiction in 1997 while on a bowhunting trip to the Sangre De Cristo Mountains of beautiful central Colorado. The desire to write that initial novel just kinda flared up after having read a few books by Author/Evangelist, Al Lacy. I wrote that first novel, MUSTANG JUSTICE, on a notepad with a pencil (well...a few pencils really). After receiving the usual rave reviews from the wife and family, I decided that I was a writer and steadfastly began entering it into the computer.
The next logical step was to have someone other than family read it. Boy, did that ever turn into a chore. Although that person liked it as well, her initial reaction was: 'Where did these people come from?' That question was answered satisfactorily after completing what had began as a tedious task at best, but quickly transformed itself into the exciting and joyous experience of writing the first three books in the Arkansas Valley Series: TOWARD A NEW BEGINNING, UNCERTAIN TIMES and SHATTERED DREAMS; MUSTANG JUSTICE turned out to be the fourth in the series.
Of course this entire endeaver had to've been Al Lacy's fault, because he lit a fire somewhere deep inside my soul after having consented to going to lunch with me and allowing me to pick his brain.
One thing led to another and I was eventually able to self-publish TOWARD A NEW BEGINNING, which was not only the first self-published work to become a finalist for the prestigious Christy Award, but won the 2003 award for 'Excellence In Christian Fiction'. Note: Mr. Lacy graciously wrote the introduction for that book.
Since then, I have written an additional sixteen(soon to be seventeen)books.
Once I complete the second installment in the Journeys of The Heart Collection, GIDEON HARTMAN,the first being STANTON, I have plans of embarking on another fact-based Christian Western series, to be titled: The Clarksons of South Park (that's in Colorado).
With that in mind, let it be said that my genre interests are not entirely limited to Christian Westerns. I have additionally written books in such genres as: Adventure, Sports (baseball), Civil War, Gold Mining, and other topics as the urge strikes me. So far my interests have been strictly fiction and will continue to be for the forseeable future.
Back in the day, I served five and a half years in the US Air Force, as a jet fighter mechanic, during the Vietnam conflict.
My wife of many years and I have five wonderful daughters and seven, count 'em, seven grandchildren. We now reside in Widefield, Colorado, with one of our grandsons, whom we adopted.
I am now mostly retired but for the past six years I have been driving a school bus for a school district in Colorado Springs. I have at times heard it said that that is 'The toughest job in the world.' As yet I have been unable to come up with a single viable argument to the contrary.
Please feel free to email me at: [email protected] with any questions, concerns or suggestions. I truly hope my work brings a little bit of joy into your life, but you may have to wipe away a tear from time to time in order to get there.
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February 28, 2014
sequel to Towards A New Beginning. this installment was as good as the first one. I will continue to read the series soon. I was not aware of The Massacre of Sand Creek so I looked it up. a very sad moment in our history.
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