Those Bones at Goliad de Judith Austin Mills

Those Bones at Goliad

Judith Austin Mills

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 sep 2015

A sweeping tale of 19th-century Texas... Texas history on a broad, complex scale -Kirkus Reviews
When young Shelby Whitmire spies a flatboat coming down the Mississippi to Natchez, he doesn't know that two aboard are on the run to Mexico's Texas territory. How could the motherless boy foresee his adult years unfolding in that wilderness? After fiery speeches in 1835 convince others to help Texas win independence, it is friendship and heartbreak driving Shelby across the Sabine River and onto perilous trails. No survivor from the spring of revolution forgets the Alamo, but Goliad haunts at any hour, too. And all Shelby Whitmire ever wanted was to wake each morning knowing how a good man would live his day.
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Here is the most human side of the Texas Revolution, the honorable remains of glory and tragedy. From the South brave soldiers came in the cause of freedom, though their own states were dependent on the servitude of slaves and the displacement of native tribes. Their courage won the war-but Judith Austin Mills reminds us that true freedom, then and now, requires our steady devotion to humanity. -John Willingham, historian and author, The Edge of Freedom
Novelist Judith Austin Mills has once again given us her insightful characters and exceptional ability to bring alive a turning point in history. Always discerning and perceptive, she guides us into unforgettable territory with a masterful and steady hand. A "Must Read" for the whole family. -Sharon Kahn, author, Scribner and University of Texas Press
Those Bones at Goliad is a deeply emotional, factually written story of the Texas split from Mexico. Judith Austin Mills knits historical characters with fictional characters into a fine readable fabric that is rich in color and scope. She has penned a narrative of extraordinary proportions. -Karen Casey Fitzjerrell, award-winning author, Forgiving Effie Beck and The Dividing Season
Weaving a tale around the intertwining lives of the men and women of the Texas Revolution, Judith Austin Mills takes the reader on an exciting ride filled with acts of courage, perseverance, triumph, and tragedy. Want to know what life was like in revolutionary Texas and its aftermath? Read this well-researched book. -Jeffrey Kerr, author, Austin, Texas-Then and Now, The Republic of Austin and Seat of Empire

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Judith Austin Mills Moved to Texas from up north when she was ten. The absence of distinct seasons and the spare, sprawling landscape in her adopted state may have been what taught her to look closely for signs of change. Her writing, both fiction and poetry, portrays awakenings. Since 2010, the complex shifts brought on by the Texas Revolution have fascinated her. In 1989 at the University of Texas, the author earned her M.A.in English with a concentration in Creative Writing. Stories from her collection, Lost Autumn Blues, have appeared in literary journals. One piece from her poetry book Accidental Joy received a Pushcart nomination in 2015. The novel manuscript Tripping Home won the Writers' League of Texas mainstream competition in 2001. Since retiring from the French classroom and from Austin Community College as an Adjunct, Associate Professor of English, Judith Austin Mills devotes her time to writing and to family. She is more and more convinced that hopeful change springs from a careful look at history. Websites: judithaustinmills.wordpress.com and jaustinmills.info