Braver Deeds is the story of three people in 1890 and 1898

Matt Davys is a black cavalry trooper, a “Buffalo Soldier,” who has made a life for himself in the Army.

Comes-Running is a young Lakota Sioux girl whose family is caught up in the “Ghost Dance Uprising.”

Carlos Estrada-Palma was born in New York City but finds his future inexorably tied to his father’s homeland, Cuba.

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Recent News about Braver Deeds

December 2007
Braver Deeds is now available for the Amazon Kindle at:
                http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00104JF7O

January 2007
John and his agent, Laura Rennert, have amicably terminated their agreement. Laura is no longer accepting historical fiction and feels that John’s latest novel, Prisoner Moon, is not appropriate for her.

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