Devil's Coattail

by David Richardson

While trapped in a turbulent and controversial marriage to senator Dan Sickles, Jolie survived the awful death of her son. She pursued a new life, while entangled in a web of deceit and deception. Deep inside the nation’s capital, a series of mysterious events unraveled and threatened her existence there. One lonely night she read a magazine article about ex Texas Ranger, Sagebrush Coyote. The article renewed her resolve to find the truth behind her father, Ambrose McKenna. Jolie met Sagebrush in Hobbs, New Mexico setting in motion a series of events. These events connected her with gunfights, cattlemen, outlaws, Indians and ruthless politicians. Jolie found herself immersed in deceptions that masked the character of her father, veiled by the Shenandoah Mountains. Jolie’s search narrows on an incident in the Civil War that forged Ambrose as a southern Calvary officer. Eventually, the western landscape yielded forgotten secrets that drove Jolie deeper toward the unavoidable question, are her father Ambrose, a man of God and Cooper, a gunslinger the same man?

272 pages, Paperback

Published October 31, 2015

About the author

David Richardson is the former director of the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation, and professor of economic history, University of Hull, England. He is the author of numerous books and articles.

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