Confederate Gold [Mass Market Paperback]

Cameron Judd (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2000

He was looking for a woman. What he found was gold, greed...and murder.

Enoch Brand never met a fight he couldn't resist. His wife Minnie had the same problem with men. Then Minnie finally ran off from Enoch, while the two were headed home to Tennessee. Now Enoch has gone charging after her-running straight into a gun battle, a one-handed ex Confederate soldier, and a storm of lies, betrayal and greed that all comes down to one thing: a treasure of gold that may or may not exist. Somewhere in the dark Ozark hills Enoch is sure there's a fortune waiting to be claimed. The only trouble is, it's killing those who want it most. . .

Editorial Reviews

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Enoch Brand was perfectly content to stay in Ft. Scott, Kansas, but his wife, Minnie, was the flirtatious type, which led to Enoch beating Hermes Van Horn half to death. Leaving town seemed the appropriate thing to do, so the Brands, along with Enoch's mother, set out for Tennessee. Before long, Minnie runs off with another man, and Enoch sets out to find her. He runs afoul of two backwoods, Deliverance-type villains but is rescued by a mysterious character known as Leviticus Lee, who lets slip something about Confederate gold. Robert Fairweather, a farmer who helps Brand nurse the wounded Lee back to health, has also heard of this legendary lost payroll. The three set out to find it. What transpires is a Treasure of Sierra Madre scenario filled with kidnapping, murder, and greed, in which the duplicitous Minnie plays a grasping hand. Whatever the prolific Judd lacks in style he compensates for with action and breakneck plotting. On balance, an enjoyable read for western fans. Wes Lukowsky --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Cameron Judd is the author of more than thirty published historical and Western novels, an is an award-winning newspaperman. Two of his novels, Crockett of Tennessee and The Canebrake Men, were national finalists in the annual Spur Awards competition of Western Writers of America. He lives near Greeneville, Tennessee, with his wife and three children.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (July 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312974981
• ISBN-13: 978-0312974985
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,272,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Troubles from his search and love for his wife mixed with those who searched and had a lust for gold, July 22, 2009

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Mr. R. J. Bradley - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Confederate Gold (Mass Market Paperback)

Written in the first person, 46 years later, Enoch Brand recounted the troubles he had in Kansas and Arkansas in 1886 trying to protect his wife, Minnie, from her wanderlust to be with other men that she thought more likely to provide her with what she needed, and from those who had a lust for a cache of gold that they imagined Enoch to know the whereabouts of.

Minnie had been badly affected by the murder of her mother by her father and his subsequent suicide. This caused her to lose interest in Enoch and become flirtatious with other men. After Enoch got embroiled in a fight with Minnie's suitor, Enoch, Minnie, his mother, Squatter the dog, and parrot `Bird', joined a wagon train leaving Fort Scott, Kansas, headed for Rogersville, Tennessee where his aunt lived.

Unfortunately for Enoch, Minnie fell for another man on the wagon train and eloped. In his search for Minnie, Enoch found himself a magnet for trouble and in a location where crazed men were seeking buried confederate gold. Would any of those desperate to get their hands on the gold rediscover their humanity and at least first see to the needs of Enoch being reunited with his wife?

Although the underlying plot of this book was excellent I'd a feeling that how the story and characters unfolded could have been made even more compelling. Bird and Minnie, though, were highly entertaining, especially when Minnie declared her love for the tirelessly devoted Enoch one moment and then the next, when her fancy changed, just as quickly snubbed him.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just for a women, March 11, 2004

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Max Inman (holland, mi. U.S.A) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Confederate Gold (Mass Market Paperback)

Enoc, do to a flirtatous wife beats the crap out of Herms Vanhorn. He was put in jail and told it might be best if he and his trouble making wife would leave town. On the way to Tennessee Enoc meets ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE. In trying to handle the situation more trouble appears. Actually Enoc doen't start any of the trouble himself. During the story Enoc hears of the lost confederate gold, and like many before him his mind is drawn away from his original goals. This is a good story you will enjoy.