Lindy W. Thomas is a native of Nebraska, where he lived until entering the U. S. Navy in 1948. He is a Korean War veteran, who has made the Chattanooga, Tennessee area his home for the past 50 years. Lindy attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Later, he taught at the Chattanooga State Area Vocational-Technical School and then became a member of the administrative staff, first as supervisor and later as acting Assistant Superintendent. After retiring in 1996, he has devoted a great amount of his spare time to writing novels. His first is PEAVINE CREEK, a historical fiction American Civil War story. A second book, MAUDIE, is in the process of being written and a third is in the planning stage.

About PEAVINE CREEK:

Historical Civil War Fiction at its best!

Major Dirk Howard leads a detachment of men on a daring clandestine mission into the North after Yankee currency and gold.

Southerners, sensing danger to existing institutions, law, social order, family, true religion and loss of liberty – liberty meaning being left alone to pursue personal goals, without suffering interference from government or fellow citizens – prepare to fight for their freedom.

At The beginning of the Civil War, the Confederate Government, just being organized, needs funds to pay for war preparations and other government expenses. As part of a scheme to help fill their coffers, Dirk Howard, an ex-United States Army Officer, is recruited into the Confederate Army and assigned to a secret mission in the North. In his quest for the South’s liberty, he becomes entangled in unimaginable intrigue and espionage.

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About Redemption of Nick Howard:

Antebellum Fiction at its best!

Black sheep Nick Howard of Foxburrow Plantation in Liberty County, Georgia, is involved in romantic intrigues under the noses of his family and servants. His behavior leads to conflicts with the law and dangerous encounters with an infamous plantation owner. Nick’s efforts to redeem himself, and to regain his self-respect and the respect of his family, leads him into treacherous encounters in faraway places.

In the year 1859, with the nation on the brink of civil war, Nick is caught up in a forbidden love affair. His activities cause the Howard and Black families to be entangled in a web of conspiracies. The fast-paced adventure allows the reader an intimate glimpse into the personal lives of plantation families and their slave communities in their daily activities.

Monkey Gold: The latest novel by Lindy Thomas, is the conclusion of this trilogy about the Howards of Liberty County, Georgia.

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