Blood on the Crossties: The Florida Chautauqua Murders Brewer James D
Railroad detective Choctaw Parker works to solve all manner of murder-most-foul in Florida during the Gilded Age.In early February of 1885, the robbery of the Pensacola and Atlantic train could not…
Specifikacia Blood on the Crossties: The Florida Chautauqua Murders Brewer James D
Railroad detective Choctaw Parker works to solve all manner of murder-most-foul in Florida during the Gilded Age.In early February of 1885, the robbery of the Pensacola and Atlantic train could not have come at a worse time for Florida panhandle railroad magnate William Chipley. He had put time, money, and both his personal and business reputation on the line to host the first Gulf Chautauqua in DeFuniak Springs. Now, with the murder of two guards, and the theft of both a payroll and a shipment of new US Army rifles, the success of the Chautauqua was at risk. Chipley hires the half-White/half-Indian L&N railroad detective Jimmy Lee "Choctaw" Parker to investigate the crime, find the culprits, and restore confidence to those who would travel from all over the eastern US to attend the very first month-long Florida Chautauqua. But Parker is