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Bones Don’t Lie
Bones Don’t Lie, Book Four, in the Nathan Wolf series: When U.S. Marshal Nathan Wolf is contacted by a rancher regarding the disappearance of horses, he soon finds that there is far more at stake than a few head of livestock. He comes face to face with a bullying outlaw named Ivan Malone who intends to steal the third-generation ranch from its rightful owners through guile, theft, threats, extortion, and ultimately murder of the ranch owners. To further complicate the situation, the list of characters who wish to seek revenge and kill the outlaw continues to grow and includes a nearby Comanche Chief, a prospector’s young son, and the outlaw’s own mother. With the help of his Texas Ranger friend Ben Steele, it is all Marshal Wolf can do to keep the revenge-minded folks from taking the law into their own hands before the outlaw is brought to justice. But, the road to justice and revenge can take many dangerous and dramatic turns as Marshal Wolf discovers.
Flint Bluff, a silver medal winner from the Independent Publishers, has received high praise from its readers. The novel is an extraordinary saga following three generations in the lives of several families as they settle a frontier community along the Mississippi River, which would become the city of Burlington, Iowa.
Award winning author James Duermeyer creates a colorful tapestry of the period of 1833 to 1900 in which the American frontier became a magnet, drawing individuals to the vast lands of the newly opened Louisiana Purchase. You will meet European immigrants, Native Americans, and African Americans as they all make their way in this new community. Based on true historical events of the era, this richly detailed fictional story follows key figures of two families as they grow and face tremendous challenges, including Indian attacks, outlaws, the growing pains of the frontier town, participation in the siege of Vicksburg during Civil War, as well as strained family dynamics.
The author skillfully incorporates events of humor, character-building, pathos, love, war, crime, and spirituality in this exciting, entertaining, and informative read that you will surely enjoy.
Chronicles of the American frontier recount innumerable stories of the men and women who brought honor to themselves as they contributed to winning the west. In this work of historical fiction, character Henry Vogler was one who chose to take his place in the annals of the American West with guile and malevolence. From a lineage of dishonest bastards, Henry grew from boyhood to manhood being educated by the street hoodlums and grifters with whom he associated. From the time he was seventeen years of age, Henry Vogler was a wanted man, pursued by the law and law-abiding citizens who attempt to administer swift and final justice to the outlaw.
Trail of the Outlaw is an exciting story that will keep you interested and turning pages to discover what happens next, and is a silver medal award winner from the Independent Publishers under its original title, The Bastard Trail.
James Duermeyer continues to display his story-telling skill as he places the reader into the life of an American frontier outlaw, a man with virtually no redeeming qualities. Through the gritty life of the outlaw, we meet a colorful cast of characters, several of whom suffer at the hands of Vogler. Unlike many other Western tales, Trail of the Outlaw follows the life of an outlaw, while sharing the lives of individuals he encounters along the way.
Award winning author James Duermeyer has written another western, Counterfeit Rodeos, Book Three, in his Nathan Wolf series: After a casual afternoon visit to a local rodeo, Nathan Wolf discovers that the rodeo performance is rigged by a criminal element that is willing to commit murder to keep its secrets from reaching the arm of the law. But Nathan soon learns that rigged rodeos are only one piece of a much larger multi-faceted criminal enterprise that spans many states in its reach. Several of Wolf’s friends join him in the twists and turns of searching for the head of the criminal enterprise, all the while placing Wolf in life and death danger in his hunt for the truth.
Counterfeit Rodeos, following Trail of the Outlaw and Singing Creek are set in post reconstruction Kansas, where a traveling carnival holds secrets that Wolf must pry from dangerous criminal characters.
Award winning author, James Duermeyer continues the saga of lawman Nathan Wolf in this exciting historical fiction story of the old West. His story is set in the period following reconstruction in America’s history, when former Southern slaves migrated to Kansas to pursue the dream of owning their own land. But the reputation of “bloody Kansas” was still alive, with disreputable outlaws creating evil havoc in this gripping novel of the old West.
Heroes in Obscurity
Heroes in Obscurity is a sincere, joyful look at a U.S. Navy officer’s service on “least of these” classes of ships during the Vietnam era. I applaud Jim for his memories of our days as shipboard junior officers. Jim’s service allowed him a unique and humorous set of experiences that can be best enjoyed in microcosmic surroundings. Thanks, Jim, for telling a valuable story of service that would otherwise be forgotten and certainly lost in annals that are fixated on flashy, big stories. —John C. Williams, Captain, U.S.N. Ret.
It is clear that James Duermeyer loved his active-duty years in the U.S. Navy. His memory of that time is sharp, and his stories of those years are very engaging. Whether the reader is an armchair warrior or one who has served, or is serving, this book offers a candid, humble, and humorous account of a young naval officer’s experiences at sea and ashore while obtaining his qualifications for greater rank and responsibilities. James Duermeyer served on three active-duty ships, ships that were not large or famous, ships that did their actual hard work every day, ships that caused young officers to mature rapidly. The reader will delight in the author’s tales from these unsung, rather obscure ships of the world’s strongest navy, written carefully to emphasize the human details that brought variety, vitality, and joy to a naval officer’s young career. —Stephen P. Duermeyer, Captain, U.S.N. Ret.
The Capture of the USS Pueblo; The Incident, the Aftermath, and the Motives of North Korea
For President Lyndon Johnson, 1968 was a year of calamity, including the hijacking of the USS Pueblo in international waters off North Korea. After a fierce attack by the North Korean Navy, the lightly armed spy ship was captured and its 83 American crewmen taken hostage, imprisoned and tortured in North Korea for nearly a year before being released.
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so prevalent in the Midwest.
serving on a ship in Southeast Asia, an incident occurs that will affect him for the next decade.
With courage, he faces and manages the disability of PTSD and confronts the ghosts of his past.
the symptoms of his disability. With the loyalty of good friends and the help of a beautiful
woman, he faces his life’s most difficult challenge.
