Two Rivers: Lieutenant John Bullis and His Days Commanding the Seminole Negro Indian Scouts -- An Imagined Narrative - Paperback

by Stephen P. Cook (Author)

Two Rivers tells a story like no other in American history. Two Rivers is written like a wheel within a wheel, the inner wheel a narrative telling the story of Lieutenant John Bullis, his wife Alicia Rodriguez, and his lover Creola Payne. Bullis is a white man who commanded the Seminole Negro Indian Scouts for eight years, and their epic story is the outer wheel, which tells of a Devil's bargain made with the U.S. Army and the eventual betrayal of the Seminole-Negroes by the very people the Scouts protected. Two Rivers is a compelling story drawn from the backwaters of American history.

Author Biography

Stephen P. Cook grew up listening to the stories of his grandfather, a cowboy, rodeo rider, and rancher in Wyoming. Cook taught English at Sacramento State for twenty-six years and has published extensively, including the anthology Realizing Westward. Cook and his family split their time between Sacramento and the Black Hills of South Dakota.