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Blogs by Robert F Martin
New Book
5/17/2007 12:40:56 AM
Ok, so the first book fell through, at least until later, but I'm back on the book writing bandwagon. This one is more of a historical fiction peice, probably emphasis on the fiction more than the history. Its set during the reconstruction after the civil war in America, and there have been some key changes to history. Lamon, Lincoln's personal bodyguard, actually went with him to the Ford theater, so Lincon is still alive. The Klan fought in the war on the confederate side in their own regiments, nicknamed Ghouls for their violent querilla fighting. Klan violence has also escalated exponentially, especially during reconstruction, and spread into the North. The klan has progressed from their normal intimidation style of lynching an occasional black man and trying to scare people, to what they call Black/Abby hunts, where ex-slaves, abolitionists, and their families are hunted down and murdered by Klan members.
The book centers around a union officer and a group of "Lost," the nickname used to reffer to groups of the children of murdered ex-slaves and abolitionists who wander around the country trying to stay alive. More specifically, it focuses on one specific event in the officer's life, where he sees most of one of these groups of wandering children murdered by a group of Ghouls, and its after effects on him, and the handful of survivors from the group.
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More Blogs by Robert F Martin
• New Book - Thursday, May 17, 2007
• book banning - Tuesday, November 07, 2006
• Pointless Poetry - Monday, October 16, 2006
• Failure - Wednesday, April 12, 2006
• the Most Important of all Blessings - Tuesday, April 11, 2006
• the Issue of Poetry being Taught - Friday, April 07, 2006
• Evolution/Creationism - Saturday, March 25, 2006
• SPRING BREAK, YAY! - Friday, March 24, 2006
• Writing a Book in Advance - Friday, March 10, 2006
• The Process that Really isn't - Wednesday, March 08, 2006
• Weekend Writer's Block - Tuesday, March 07, 2006
• Inspired by a Spiritual Giant - Thursday, March 02, 2006
• Floodgates Shall Open Wide! - Wednesday, March 01, 2006
• New Writer Fire - Tuesday, February 28, 2006
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