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Acclaimed author, Marty Duncan, brings you the
sweeping saga of the Harant family. Whether it be the exciting
search for gold set against the tumultuous days leading up to
World War II, or through the eyes of an accidental witness to
a brutal murder in a small Northern Minnesota town during a turbulent
teacher's strike, or the newest adventures set in the dark days
of the Civil War, you will want to follow the exciting exploits
of the Harant family.
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Black
Powder,
Gray Hope: Vengeance
(2nd Ed.)
By Marty Duncan
A
feisty Irish lass, Kelsey O'Welin survives the slaughter
of white families during the 1862 Dakota War. She
is captured and thrown among the 260 white women who were
threatened and abused by Dakota Warriors. Kelsey survives
by wearing an old leather dress; she is protected by a Dakota
chief.
Her
rescuers include Ransom Purdy, a debonair man about town,
an agent-spy for Grant's Army. His good friend Patrick Harant
is a brave but naive Union volunteer. Fate throws
them together; the Civil War keeps them apart.
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Black
Powder,
Gray Hope:
A Civil War Romance
By
Marty Duncan
Follows the Fifth Minnesota Regiment and the lives of
Kelsey O'Welin, Patrick Harant and Ransom Purdy into the
western theatre of the Civil War. Patrick was present
when former slaves in two all black regiments stand up
to Gen. Richard Taylor's Texicans at the battle of Milliken's
Bend. Patrick, recovering from an injury, begins to romance
the feisty lass from Minnesota. They are both at Vicksburg
when the Sultana sails north into a disaster.
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Black Powder, Gray Hope: A Civil War Romance
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Black
Powder,
Gray Hope:
New
Americans
By
Marty Duncan
Kelsey finds a reason to trust Patrick and together they
struggle against locust invasions, blizzards, land speculators
and angry neighbors. Their brothers, wives and children
join their small community; together they build a church.
Patrick’s niece Eva disappears; Patrick and Tom
pursue buffalo hunters into South Dakota. During a formidable
blizzard Patrick marches into the white-out to search
for ‘General Thomas,’ his beloved bull. His
sons swear to lead the Harant family; his son Mark renews
an old family tradition and joins the Navy.
(Mark is the grandfather of James Fynmore Harant, the
Naval Lieutenant in the novel Gold …then Iron)
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Black Powder, Gray Hope: New Americans
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Black
Powder,
Gray Hope: Vengeance
(1st Ed.)
By Marty Duncan
(This
edition includes Internet Research Notes and an Annotated
Bobliography.)
A feisty Irish lass, Kelsey O'Welin survives the slaughter
of white families during the 1862 Dakota War. She
is captured and thrown among the 260 white women who were
threatened and abused by Dakota Warriors. Kelsey survives
by wearing an old leather dress; she is protected by a
Dakota chief.
Her
rescuers include Ransom Purdy, a debonair man about town,
an agent-spy for Grant's Army. His good friend Patrick
Harant is a brave but naive Union volunteer. Fate
throws them together; the Civil War keeps them apart.
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Black Powder, Gray Hope: Vengeance
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Gold
. . .then Iron
By Marty Duncan
James Harant (U.S. Navy) and two British
leftenants leave Southampton aboard the Empress
of Scotland on a 'training' exercise to recover
the Golden Eagle. They know only that a monk,
Godfrey, has hidden the artifact among the Irish miners
in northern Minnesota. Emery and Mackay do not know
they are up against two Japanese Army officers who will
commit any atrocity to recover the artifact.
A
series of deadly encounters will challenge the loyalty
of Harant's team. James Harant almost discovers love
before fate hands him one final surprise!
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Iron
NOTE:
Gold...then Iron was selected
for display and sale at the 2010 Beijing International
Book Fair, which ran August 30 through September 3..
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Iron
Lake Burning
By Marty Duncan
Five
lives are entangled by politics, passion and personal tragedy
when arson becomes murder and Tom Harant, the accidental
witness, discovers love and integrity. Iron
Lake Burning is a story of the state's longest
teacher strike and the passions enflamed among board members
and parents. Iron Lake Burning
is the second of the Harant family stories.
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