The Escape from Eden
Andrew learns to read by copying the alphabet from an old Bible he finds. He begins writing a journal to keep track of the crops he raises. Andrew writes about his freedom and about being forced to move to Texas when smugglers took his farm as a hideout. He tells of his trip to Nacogdoches to meet with Sam Houston, a lawyer, and the leader of the Texan army.
Andrew signs up for the land grants in east Texas, but discovers that first he must serve two years as a soldier. On his way to claim his land grant, he is attacked by robbers. Andrew is badly wounded and hides in some brush until daylight. A group of Cherokee Indians on a hunting party finds him close to death. They save him and bring him to their village. Andrew joins the Texas Army as a scout. His new wife, Say-te-Qua, and his love for his family make him determined to protect his home from raids by the Mexican army. Follow Andrew as his journey leads him into the heat of the San Jacinto battle and on the quest for Texas independence.
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Biography for Joe L. Blevins
Joe loved to draw from an early age. He would write down descriptions and ideas for future projects that accompanied his pictures. His handwriting was terrible so his parents had him practice writing his alphabet and numbers in a writing tablet every Sunday afternoon. Joe quickly grew bored writing pages of the same thing. He knew stories that his paternal grandfather told him of his life growing up in Indian Territory before Oklahoma became a state in 1907. Joe also learned of stories of his other family coming to Texas as Peters’ Colonists before it was a state. This was much more interesting to write about. Joe’s handwriting improved and so did his interest in writing and drawing. In time this became many folders and boxes of information that Joe learned about from close family and friends who had similar family stories. There was a common thread that these stories shared that showed the determination of the early pioneer people to survive and tolerate hardships: to build up something worthwhile where there was nothing before. These were the seeds for Joe’s first books about the early history of Texas. Joe’s interests are varied from art, history, scriptwriting, photography, music, and acting. His books reflect these varied interests. Seven books later Joe has made each one unique to tell a story the way it has never been told before. Joe has four books on history, two children’s books, and a new Gothic tale of terror.
Bibliography for Joe L. Blevins:
The Texas Republic (2002)
After the Republic (2008)
Gone to Texas-Two Plays of Early Texas (2008)
A Visit to Pawpaw’s Book One (2009)
A Visit to Pawpaw’s Book Two (2009)
The Escape from Eden (2010)
The Familiar (2011)
