Local Author - Michael O'Neal

Stop in and meet with local author Michael J. O’Neal and his book The Memoirs of Josey Holmes. He will be signing books at the store from 6:00pm-8:00pm on Friday, December 17th. *********************************************** My novel, "The Memoirs of Josey Holmes," is a Civil War historical novel. Ten years in the making, it tells the story of a young woman who was part of a Union spy ring in the South during the Civil War. And while there's espionage, warfare, and adventure, it's mostly a love story, as she falls for a slightly roguish Union officer--a warrior-poet and raconteur--whom she helps spring from a prison holding Union captives in Richmond, Virginia.

I have to confess that I've fallen in love with my heroine and narrator. She's courageous and resourceful, and near the end of the novel she takes decisive action--to save the president of the United States, no less! The novel contains lots…