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Dixie Gold
The book " Dixie Gold " is written by Jim Walton, a distant relative of the Henry family. He is the only son of a schoolteacher and a hard working farmer. He was a successful businessman and entrepreneur in the computer industry. He has recently published a biography of his life as an adventurous young man growing up in the Midwest. He has recently retired and now living in Florida.
" Dixie Gold " tells the life story of John Edward Henry, a young Midwestern teen that is apprenticed to the town's only doctor to study medicine. He is an atypical farm boy that is raised in the Quaker faith during the time of the war between the North and South. His family has sent him to find an errant younger brother who enlists in the Union army then later, is severely wounded in battle near the nation's capitol.
He leaves his medical training and fiancé, promising to return not knowing he will ever see her again. On the way east, our doctor is taken from a train by Jeb Stuarts Calvary to give medical aid for a young rebel officer. He voluntarily commits to be a caregiver for the young relative of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on the journey deep into rebel territory.
He is asked by the Confederate command to temporarily serve as a doctor in a rebel army hospital while waiting for an escort back north. He finally wins a release and is escorted north in a magnificent black hearse driven by a rebel spy posing as a mortician delivering a corpse to northern relatives. The trip is fraught with dangers from both armies and desperate deserters.
The hearse actually contains the treasury of the confederacy. The spy is responsible for the millions in gold bullion and coins. The hearse and riders finally arrive back north to safety. The Dixie gold is then hidden by the confederacy somewhere in the area. Meanwhile, as the brother is found and is being cared for, the doctor's learns of his fiancés death back home. He grieves for her greatly. He then meets the befriended spy's beautiful sister when assisting in his escape from prison. The doctor falls in love and marries the spy's sister. The young brother's health is made well in the last days of the civil war. The war finally over, the doctor moves back home to resume his mentor's medical practice. Out of his respect for the dead confederate soldiers, he never reveals where the gold is hidden.
" Dixie Gold " tells the life story of John Edward Henry, a young Midwestern teen that is apprenticed to the town's only doctor to study medicine. He is an atypical farm boy that is raised in the Quaker faith during the time of the war between the North and South. His family has sent him to find an errant younger brother who enlists in the Union army then later, is severely wounded in battle near the nation's capitol.
He leaves his medical training and fiancé, promising to return not knowing he will ever see her again. On the way east, our doctor is taken from a train by Jeb Stuarts Calvary to give medical aid for a young rebel officer. He voluntarily commits to be a caregiver for the young relative of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on the journey deep into rebel territory.
He is asked by the Confederate command to temporarily serve as a doctor in a rebel army hospital while waiting for an escort back north. He finally wins a release and is escorted north in a magnificent black hearse driven by a rebel spy posing as a mortician delivering a corpse to northern relatives. The trip is fraught with dangers from both armies and desperate deserters.
The hearse actually contains the treasury of the confederacy. The spy is responsible for the millions in gold bullion and coins. The hearse and riders finally arrive back north to safety. The Dixie gold is then hidden by the confederacy somewhere in the area. Meanwhile, as the brother is found and is being cared for, the doctor's learns of his fiancés death back home. He grieves for her greatly. He then meets the befriended spy's beautiful sister when assisting in his escape from prison. The doctor falls in love and marries the spy's sister. The young brother's health is made well in the last days of the civil war. The war finally over, the doctor moves back home to resume his mentor's medical practice. Out of his respect for the dead confederate soldiers, he never reveals where the gold is hidden.
192 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 15, 2011
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