Based in 1860's Arizona, this is a tale of the Old West and the creation of the Arizona Rangers. Captain Blake leads the only band of Rangers, where pay rarely comes on time or if at all, and the men are responsible for the procurement of their own horses, needed tack and the bullets for their pre-Civil War weaponry. Former Indian Fighters, hunting guides, desert miners and U.S. Army Scouts, these are the courageous men who join the ranks of the Arizona Rangers.Captain Blake needed men who shared in his vision to bring law enforcement to the Arizona Territory and to stop the Apache, Comanche and Ute Indians from their continuous war against the wagon trains and the settlers. In this first book of a planned series, the Territorial Government of Arizona feels it can no longer afford to provide their limited funding to the Rangers and disband them. Blake and his family live on their horse and cattle ranch outside Globe, Arizona, and when the Civil War breaks out, he and his former Rangers join up with General Hook's Army of Texas. Blake is given the rank of Captain, and his comrades become part of his mounted company. In fighting the Civil War, Blake and his men are captured by a superior force of Union Soldiers and taken by open cattle cars to the El Mira Yankee Prisoner of War Camp, New York City. Here, where conditions are wretched, with prisoners starving, and the icy weather is freezing prisoners to death, Blake and his men stage an escape, only to discover the war would be ending in only a week. Now, no longer fearful of being caught and returned to El Mira, the men have an adventurous and rewarding journey back to their homes. When Blake arrives, he finds the Apache have raided his Ranch, killing his wife and son, and his daughter was missing. His only family now is his foster-son, the only survivor of an Apache attack. A lot of the men have similar tales to tell, families gone and their property seized for owed back taxes. But, Blake finds out the Arizona Rangers are once more needed, as Arizona is hit with cattle and horse rustlers, fraudsters, and gunmen, who work for dishonest lawyers, in the pockets of East Coast land speculators. Such criminals are coming to Arizona by the hundreds. There is also the rise of the Indians, who watch in alarm as the tracks are laid for the horrifying Iron Horse. Captain Blake also learns his young daughter was not killed or living with Indians, but she has fallen victim to Comancheros, who have passed her on to white slavers. Captain Blake now begins a lengthy search to find her. While this is a work of fiction, this story is based on the history of the Arizona Rangers, and the gallant men who patrolled the Territory of Arizona.

Arizona Rangers: Blake's War

Literature & Fiction

Casselman, William L.

Genre Fiction

Alaska Dreams Publishing

A story, a fable or a legend, this tale begins as an elderly Libyan storyteller entertains local kids and tourists in Tripoli. He tells of three American soldiers, who are strangers to one another. Fleeing from their enemy in the jungles of Vietnam, they take shelter in a large cave. A massive earthquake strikes, rendering the men unconscious. Their modern weapons are made useless. 
The men awaken to make their way through the dark caverns, only to find themselves in 12th century Libya, and in the Land of Silene.
Arabian Knights of old take the three men as captives and into a medieval castle’s filthy dungeon they go. But soon they are rescued by a rather odd Catholic Monk, who is actually a Naval Officer from 1942.
The three men quickly demonstrate their talents and skills, and with the monk standing up for them, they are able to join up with the Army of Silene. Through a series of strange events, G.W., the chosen leader for the three soldiers, becomes intrigued with the King’s third daughter, a beautiful princess. However, the oldest princess, a crippled witch, who is quite knowledgeable in the dark arts, is out to destroy G.W. and his two friends.
The men learn of the curse that enslaves the people of Silene. There is a mighty, 50-foot tall dragon that renders death and destruction unless it is sacrificed to every two weeks. The beast lives in a large lagoon, cut off from the sea, and it has slain all the heroes brought against it. But, the three men from the 20th century recognize this dragon to be a huge Plesiosaurus, a massive sea dinosaur. The monk believes it and its ancestors had apparently become landlocked by a monstrous earthquake. Now, as his princess is set up for sacrifice by her older sister, G.W. enters in the battle to rescue his love and becomes the Legend of Silene, recognized the world over.

Legend Of Silene

Mythology & Folk Tales

What if Alaskan's could re-vote for Statehood?A highly decorated combat veteran, Captain Clay B Jefferson, who serves with U.S. Army Special Forces and the elite Delta Forces, has been recently assigned to the CIA and FBI to work as an undercover operative. From the Village of Minto, Alaska, Clay is half-Athabaskan Indian and half-White and is brought back to his home state to work undercover inside the Alaskan Militia, known as the Alaska Defense Force. Reports of a rogue unit inside the ADF, known as the "Freedom for Alaska Militia", a force of 120 veterans, is about to stir up trouble and the U.S. Government wants to know what is happening within the borders of Alaska and how dangerous this splinter outfit might be. The authorized Alaska Defense Force is on hand to support the Alaska Army National Guard in times of emergency and has gained a good reputation and currently numbers over 1500 personnel, spread across the state. But in Fairbanks, this rogue unit, consisting of all combat veterans, is led by a Colonel, who has designs on becoming the first President of Alaska. He plans on staging an attack on a military installation in the middle of Alaska and now has in his possession an atom bomb. The date for the attack is on July 4th, when the USAF aerial demonstration team, "The Thunderbirds", is set to perform. The Freedom For Alaska Militia" group believes the 1959 election for Alaska Statehood was conducted illegally, and holding 500 hostages, and with the atom bomb to help them, they desire the United Nations to bring about to void the first statehood election and bring about a 2nd legally conducted statehood election. But, unbeknown to everyone else, the Colonel is working in conjunction with a foreign power, who provided the nuclear bomb.

Homeland Security

A thrilling Alaskan Adventure! The future of a 50 state America is put into question when a rogue militia group leader obtains the means to force a new vote by state residents for Alaskan independence from an overbearing federal government.Caption Clay Jefferson, a highly decorated special forces combat vet, is burnt-out and suffering from PTSD from a series of high-stress undercover missions while on loan to the CIA and later the FBI. He wants nothing more than to retire and put his life back together.Silas, a charismatic colonel with a cult-like following in his rogue militia group, desires to become Alaska's first president. He has a secret plan to blackmail the US Government to force a new vote by Alaska residents on the question of statehood vs. independence.Clay is ordered to go deep undercover to infiltrate the group, an assignment that puts him in direct conflict with his part Athabaskan Indian Alaska heritage. To his surprise, Clay finds Silas' arguments convincing and questions his own personal loyalties when he is forced to choose between his beloved Alaska and his newfound love, a loyal follower of Silas, or his country.Alaska Freedom Brigade addresses a long-simmering question in Alaska of state vs. federal government control. If you like action and adventure thrillers, you'll love this adventure by Alaskan Author William L. Casselman.&#10003; Buy Alaska Freedom Brigade today! Will Alaska will become an independent country free from an overreaching federal government?

Alaska Freedom Brigade

United States

Rookie (The Alaska Badge and The Cross)

A Rookie cop faces a fishing strike war, bar shootings, a racist city council, and all manner of crazies in an Alaskan boomtown with too much easy money for its own good.David Wing, an ex-Air Force SP, is a newly minted police officer. He hasn't yet attended the police academy before facing cases involving shootings, rape, arson, conspiracy, drug wars, and all manner of mayhem in the wild boomtown of Dillingham, Alaska. While he deals with post-Vietnam PTSD, his wife Samantha has two years left on her Air Force enlistment before she and his baby son can join him.The City Council, composed mainly of racist white businessmen, demands the department focus only on the native Alaskan troublemakers and ignore white offenders' crimes.Now David is forced to make hard decisions that jeopardize his moral compass and the values he tries to live by.Rookie is the first book in a series based on the author's real cases in Dillingham, Alaska. If you like "True Blue: Police Stories by Those Who Have Lived Them" or "You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Ridiculously Funny Stories by Real Cops" type stories, you'll love Rookie.Get Rookie today and experience the wild lifestyle in post pipeline Alaska.

Rookie

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