It's the present day and Josh Alexander is going through his grandparents' musty attic looking for information on his ancestor, Rafe Alexander, the pirate. Rafe supposedly sailed with the famous female pirate, the Black Widow. Then Josh comes upon an old trunk and in it...

"The Final Voyage of the Sea Explorer" is a young adult adventure tale that takes place on a diving charter boat in the Bahamas. Josh and Jimmy have been diving in lakes and quarries in their home state, Kentucky, and, as a graduation present, Josh's...

In Patriot's Point by Douglas Boren, the year is 1790 and it is the battle of Waxhaw, NC, where the British have slaughtered a regiment of Virginia soldiers who were surrendering. After the killing, the normal citizens - men and women alike - of the...