Born to an affluent family in 1836, Hylan B. Lyon claimed ancestors among Irish rebels, patriots of the American Revolution, and slaveowners in his native Kentucky. Biographer Dan Lee chronicles Lyon’s military career, which began with service in the Third US Artillery after his graduation from West Point in 1856. Lyon first saw action in the Third Seminole War. Later stationed at Fort Yuma in California, he went on to fight in the Coeur d’Alene War. Witnessing the execution of Yakima chie...

A little flutter, a dizzy spell, an imperceptible narrowing of the arteries and then the rest of your life is a series of doctors advising you against things.On the outskirts of Hanoi, a late night motorcycle ride leads to an encounter in a cluttered kitchen where no-one quite belongs.Duyên is a young woman reluctantly returning to her roots. Murph is coming to see his old mate, Bob, whose shady past is slowly catching up with him.Dan Lee's wry new play dra...

Colonel Frank Wolford, the acclaimed Civil War colonel of the First Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, is remembered today primarily for his unenviable reputation. Despite his stellar service record and widespread fame, Wolford ruined his reputation and his career over the question of emancipation and the enlistment of African Americans in the army.Unhappy with Abraham Lincoln’s public stance on slavery, Wolford rebelled and made a series of treasonous speeches against the president. Dish...

Danny Cain thought a six-year stint as a United States Marine Corps Military Policeman was enough. Add to that plenty of action on the front lines of the Korean "police action" with UN troops, and he was ready for something new, a change of scenery. Mrs. Ruth Able provided the change.Forming a private investigating team, Danny and Ruth face deadly action in 1955 Kansas City, Kansas, working to locate a serial killer wiping out homeless American veterans with a most unusual murder w...

Many A TearByDan LeeDawson ‘Junior’ Cain had the looks most young men would like to have, sandy hair and an ‘Alan Ladd’ look the women all liked. But his looks are a curse for the talented young photographer.Winning the Pulitzer Prize and many other state and national honors for his spot news photos only exasperate the situation for the young man.Running away to find a new life for himself, his photographic attainment is no...

Absolute BlackDarkness creates hundreds of black images we cannot control. They slither out from under the bed, melt through a closet door, and peer through a window. Fear! A thousand needles stab our belly and race up our chest and upper arms. For some, total black causes a phenomenon of uncontrollable rapid movement of our eyes searching for light. Black causes fear to swiftly dodge right and left, seeking protection.* * *April 1, 1957, D...

Kentucky is richly blessed with rivers. This book tells the stories of three of the most beautiful and historic: the Rolling Fork, the Nolin, and the Rough. Each is an unpredictable force of nature flowing through a land that varies from wide, sunny meadows to dark, rock-bound hollows.Chapters describe the people who lived in the river valleys, including pioneers, frontier preachers, a future president, cave explorers, Confederate and Union soldiers, desperate killers, hardscrabble...

The Mobile & Ohio Railroad was the longest line in the nation when it was completed in spring of 1861--the final spike driven a few weeks after Confederate artillery shelled Fort Sumter. Within days, the M&O was swept up in the Civil War as a prime conveyor of troops and supplies, a strategic and tactical asset to both Confederate and Union armies, who fought to control it.Its northern terminus at Columbus, Kentucky saw some of the earliest fighting in the war. The southern terminu...

Captured by bandits, sold at auction to strange orcs, and dragged halfway across the realm…I never thought I’d say this, but being kidnapped by a band of pillaging bandits wasn’t the low point of my life.No, that came when a massive, scarred orc king decided I was his mate and refused to let me leave his cave.I’ve been brought to their underground palace, and their king refuses to let me go - he expects me to accept their customs and doesn’t underst...

To earn a living these days, your photography has to rise above a lot of noise, so you need all the advantages you can get. Here, Dan M. Lee gives you back-to-back hard-hitting ideas that are proven to make every shot in your portfolio a stand-out image that grabs attention and wins new clients.Clients recognize and reward creativity. It's not enough to be competent with a camera: you need to experiment, find new perspectives, and innovate your workflow if you want to stay competit...

Kira Murphy is a liability: always has been. She might be small but her personality and heart are not: a sexual health doctor with a foul mouth, pink streaks in her hair, a bizarre world view, a reputation for being ‘pathologically social’, and a huge crush on the current Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth . . . she’s weird and lovable in equal measure.The last thing Barclay Lucas needs is a liability. He’s made it into the cabinet with single-minded determinat...

Is white-collar crime victimless? Often, it becomes a very deadly game when the powerful become greedy.This is the story of two young beginning reporters trying to survive in 1959. Together, they fight heroically, wade into the murky waters of widespread official fraud, corruption, murder, and engage in a new war against domestic abuse and violence!On his 19th birthday, Toby Miller has already experienced a lifetime of tragedy. There are always consequences to actions, and ...