{"product_id":"the-grant-conspiracy-wake-of-the-civil-war-paperback","title":"The Grant Conspiracy: Wake of the Civil War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLee Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"CLOAK \u0026amp; DAGGER IN THE OLD WEST\"\" Set among the splendor of the Rocky Mountains in 1880, \u003ci\u003eThe Grant Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e takes you to a Colorado mining town being torn apart by an evil law firm out for revenge, not for the War Between the States, but for Black Friday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrost and Hancock are ex-Confederates who, with the help of their henchmen, are plotting the assassination of former president Ulysses S. Grant. But their hatred comes from pure greed. They lost their fortunes when trying to corner the gold market in 1869, thanks to then President Grant, who dumped government gold on the market.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, with Grant planning a tour of the Rockies by wagon, they're scheming to lure him to Mountain Springs by inviting Matt Tyler, the man who saved the general's life during the war, to come work for their law firm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, President Hayes is on to them and he's sending the young lawyer to Colorado on a dangerous mission to scuttle their plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreeted by the brutal murder of a law clerk, Matt can immediately smell trouble in the air.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith allies such as the beautiful Jennifer White, who has incurred the constant ire of the firm with her blazing newspaper editorials, and a black veteran, Matt sets out to save Grant's life a second time-and bring peace to the fractured town.\u003cbr\u003eNOW IN LARGE PRINT WITH THORNDIKE PRESS, IN LIBRARIES AND BOOK STORES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLee Martin is the published author of forty-two short stories, as well as seventeen Western novels with Avalon Books and one with Five Star. Also a writer of screenplays, Martin grew up on cattle ranches and has been writing mostly Westerns since the third grade.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartin's book, \u003ci\u003eShadow on the Mesa\u003c\/i\u003e, was the basis for Martin's screenplay for the highly rated movie with Kevin Sorbo, which was one of the most watched in Hallmark Movie Channel history. It won the Bronze Wrangler for Best Television Feature Film, awarded by the National Heritage \u0026amp; Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 340\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42167761371271,"sku":"9781516941162","price":28.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9979693a65bf65d970252ecd15647871.webp?v=1733330327","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-grant-conspiracy-wake-of-the-civil-war-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}