Deserter, Rebel, Renegade: A Fugitive'S Search For Freedom

Historical Novel, Previously Titled "Hidden Journals." - In 1861, Confederate soldier, Temple Hamilton, walked away after the Battle of Manassas, filled with disbelief, rage and guilt. Will a 3,000-mile journey across the American continent bring him redemption and peace? The people he aids along the way are certain of it, but can Temple find forgiveness within himself? Read Hamilton's private journals full of adventure and frontier/pioneer life. They document why he deserted and his amazing journey across North America in the early 1860's from the battlefield of Manassas, Virginia to San Francisco, California. Temple Hamilton is on a quest to escape his past. But even 3,000 miles away in San Francisco and the small gold mining community of Angels Camp, it's going to be a difficult task, perhaps impossible. You, the reader, can cozy up with a cup of hot chocolate and roll along with a wagon train carrying pioneering settlers and gold seekers, meet some scoundrels, receive a chilling fortune teller's prediction, befriend a Zen Monk, assist a pompous Italian tenor, help a group of circus performers, engage in mind-games with a Chinatown madam, lurk in a dirty alley as a secret murder unfolds, etc., etc. Enjoy a lively adventure set in a time that no longer exists.

• | Author: P Austin Heaton
• | Publisher: Independently published
• | Publication Date: May 27, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 195 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1070510645
• | ISBN-13: 9781070510644