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One of my favorite parts about my job is getting to travel all over Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota to meet all of the historical buffs and share these stories. Visit the events page to see where I am headed next.
See All EventsI started writing "Bloody Bill Anderson" (with no intention to publish) as an escape from the pressures of being a Production Manager for a major manufacturing firm. Upper management demanded I get more out of the employees and the employees thought I was too demanding. For two hours each night my relaxation was to get into Bloody Bill's persona and kill both sides. After fifteen years my wife encouraged me to seek a publisher, to my surprise, among the obligatory rejections, was an offer to publish. When I received the first of my authors' copies I feared no one would like it, but after many rave reviews I began to think maybe I can do this (write).
A collection of ten short stories of fascinating characters from various communities interspersed with some personal experiences.
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The James/Younger gang terrorized Missouri banks and trains after the Civil War, but it was a small town in Minnesota that spelled the end of the Younger's outlaw career.
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Crossing the Atlantic Ocean in the mid 1800's was normally a five to six week adventure, the crossing my family made from Norway that took thirteen weeks was terrifying.
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How frightening is it to enter a room and be confronted by the unknown, the unwanted, the uninvited - ghosts. Perhaps it is more frightening to be the family and friends coming to the realization the apparitions or ghosts are the result of a loved one entering the fog, the loss of memory, loss of faculties due to the onset of Alzheimer's.
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"Little" Archie Clement was only five foot tall, but in the annals of the American Civil War in Missouri, he would be feared as one of the most ruthless killers.
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Name bad men in history, Caligula - Hitler - Charles Manson, more? You may have your own list of heartless maniacal killers. Add to your list and mine, Bloody Bill Anderson for he was a ruthless, vicious killer.
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General Order No. 11 banished ALL citizens of the four counties south of Kansas City, Missouri. This order issued August 25, 1863 affected more than ten thousand citizens whether they were southern sympathizers or not.
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Gayle is an American author, father, grandfather and retired Navy Radarman.
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