A Team of Two

About the Book

Kathryn Sue Ross, my leading character, due to actions of the Union Army, became an orphan early in the story. Joins that same army as a nurse in the field hospitals throughout the war. Falls in love and marries an army captain. Unfortunately her husband is killed in a payroll robbery. Here the story actually begins as Kate takes it upon herself to search for her husband's killers. The journey takes her into the badlands of Oklahoma, or The Nations as it was called at that time. With the aid of a retired ex-lawman, Kate goes after her quarry with a vengeance, struggling at every turn of the road to stay alive. Facing overwhelming odds, she and her ex-lawman partner take on an adventure few people could survive. But survive they do and justice triumphs.

History abounds throughout this novel. All the places are real, and some still exist to this day. The Canadian River is no longer navigable, but the trail crossings of the many cattle drives of that era can still be distinguished. Bethel is still tribal grounds for the Choctaw Indians of the area. With Tuskahoma, about forty miles to the northwest, being the Choctaw Capital. The Choctaw Tribe maintain their own police force.

About the Author

Gene Gill describes his life as "strictly blue collar all the way, from the cotton fields of Texas as a youngster to the logging woods of Colorado and New Mexico." Since graduating from high school in 1956, Mr. Gill has also worked in the manufacture of oil-field equipment and, currently, in the tree-growing industry of southeastern Oklahoma.

He has been married for over forty years to his high-school sweetheart, and they have two grown daughters and seven grandchildren. Mr. Gill's enthusiams include fishing, hunting and boating. He is also an American-history buff.