![]() ![]() ![]() It is hard to say how much time went into research for News of the World, because it all came from that storehouse I have of sources for both the Civil War, Texas and the clothing, etc. How many months or years of research went into gathering the fascinating historical details we see in the book? When you begin research, you step onto the Yellow Brick Road and there is no end to it. And these things gave rise to News of the World. This neighbor’s ancestor was a real newsreader named Captain Kidd, or Kydd. It also led to looking into the intriguing subject of captives held by the Kiowa and Comanche tribes. ![]() ![]() This included discovering Captain Kidd by hearing about him from a neighbor here where I live. So I looked into conditions in North Texas at the end of the War and discovered stories about the black frontiersman Britt Johnson, which led to more research for Color of Lightning. I was thinking of a sequel to Enemy Women in which I envisioned Adair and the Major moving to north Texas. If you are a writer, research is really kind of an investment, a storehouse of stuff, facts, images and documents ready to hand. I was first drawn to it when I was researching the Civil War era in the Missouri Ozarks when doing family genealogy. What draws you to write about the Civil War era? ![]()
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