Lincoln's bodyguard a novel

"In Lincoln's Bodyguard, an alternative version of American history, President Lincoln is saved from assassination. Though he prophesied his own death -- the only way he believed the South would truly surrender -- Lincoln never accounted for the heroics of his bodyguard, Joseph Foster. The...

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Main Author: Turner, T.J.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Longboat Key, FL : Oceanview Publishing, c2015.
Edition: First edition.
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Summary: "In Lincoln's Bodyguard, an alternative version of American history, President Lincoln is saved from assassination. Though he prophesied his own death -- the only way he believed the South would truly surrender -- Lincoln never accounted for the heroics of his bodyguard, Joseph Foster. The biracial son of a white man and Miami Indian mother, Joseph makes an enemy of the South by killing John Wilkes Booth and preventing the death of the president. His wife is murdered and his daughter kidnapped, sending Joseph on a revenge-fueled rampage to recover his daughter. When his search fails, he disappears. The nation falls into a simmering insurgency instead of an end to the War. Years later, Joseph is still running from his past when he receives a letter from Lincoln pleading for help. The President has a secret mission. Pursued from the outset, Joseph turns to the only person who might help, the woman he abandoned years earlier. If he can win Molly over, he might just fulfill the President's urgent request, find his daughter, and maybe even hasten the end of the War."--From publisher's website.
Physical Description: 221 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 1608091430 (HRD)
9781608091430 (HRD)
Author Notes: TJ Turner is an award-winning novelist, a historian, a research scientist, and a federal agent. He has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Material Science from Cornell University. As a reserve military officer, he served three tours in Afghanistan and was twice awarded the Bronze Star Medal (2013 and 2017). Lincoln's Bodyguard , Turner's debut novel and its sequel, Land of Wolves , won the Darrell Award for Best Mid-South Novel, the International Book Award for Historical Fiction, the Best Book Award for Historical Fiction, the Military Writers of America Gold and Silver Medals, and the National Indie Excellence Award for Historical Fiction. His third novel, Angel in the Fog , a prequel, won the National Indie Excellence Award for Historical Fiction. Turner lives in central Ohio, with his wife, Nancy, and three children.