Cry of Courage (Between Two Flags Series #1) [Paperback]

Lee Roddy (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 11 and up

Everything changes the day the battle lines are drawn-.

Gideon Tugwell is determined to escape the hard-scrabble farmer's life of his father and become a writer. But when war breaks out between the North and South and his older brother enlists, Gideon is left with even more farm chores and less time than ever to pursue his dreams-.

Emily Lodge, recently orphaned and newly arrived from Illinois to live with her relatives at Briarstone Plantation, finds that being a Yankee girl with strong abolitionist views is not easy among Confederates and plantation owners. She wonders if she would be better off back in Illinois if she could only return across battle lines-.

Nat Travis, a slave boy secretly educated by his previous master, is new to Briarstone Plantation, where he is servant to young Master William Lodge. Despite warnings from other slaves, Nat hopes the confusion of war will provide the perfect opportunity for him to gain his freedom. But will the right moment ever come?

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About the Author

"A shoe with a 3.5 inch cork sole made a writer out of me." says bestselling author Lee Roddy. "I was born sick and handicapped. Poor health prevented me from leading a normal boy's life for ten years. During my confinement, I became an avid reader. Fortunately, surgeries corrected my problems. . . but I remained a reader for life!"

At the young age of twenty two, Lee decided to seriously pursue his writing career. He packed his things and moved to Hollywood, California. It wasn't long before he was hired with a Los Angeles advertising agency writing copy for major corporations. It wasn't quite the type of writing he had in mind. . .but it was a start!

Before long, Lee had moved on in his writing career. As a staff writer for NBC, ABC, and CBS, he wrote radio network dramas. One of the highlights of his career was the sale of his novel The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams to NBC. It later became a prime- time television series for the network, and was viewed by 28 million viewers weekly.

Since 1974, Lee has written countless books. Most significantly, he wrote the Jesus film for Campus Crusade for Christ, which is now in more than three hundred languages and is viewed worldwide. He has had five of his books made into major motion pictures, and has been on the New York Times bestseller list on several occasions. AN AMERICAN ADVENTURE and BETWEEN TWO FLAGS are two popular series for young adults that present exciting stories set in historic America.

These days Lee focuses on his life with his wife, children, grandchildren, his work, and his church. He is a highly sought after public speaker and prolific writer.

size : 5.2 x 8.0

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 11 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076422025X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764220258
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,395,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars READ IT!, January 21, 1999

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This review is from: Cry of Courage (Between Two Flags Series #1) (Paperback)

This is a great book. YOU MUST buy the second one two if you buy the first one because it leaves you hanging. I haven't read the second one but I am dying to know what happens next. If your interested about the civil war you'll like it. Also if you like the Ladd Family adventures also buy Lee Roddy you'll love this new exciting series.