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After the ill-fated Northfield bank raid of 1876, Jesse James moved with his family to the quiet town of Waverly, Tennessee, posing as the gentleman farmer John Howard. His arrival set off a chain of events that would forever change the life of his young neighbor Henry.
Based on the real life of Henry Baker, this absorbing novel reveals an unfortunate story of desperation and survival. Henry’s desire for something more than the life of a poor dirt farmer makes him vulnerable to the charming Mr. Howard, and after being lured into a life of crime, Henry is sentenced to ten years in the Nashville prison for robbery. Under the infamous convict lease system, Henry is sent to mine coal in the Cumberland Mountains at Coal Creek, Tennessee.
The chaos of the Coal Creek War offers escape, but returning to his previous life with his wife and children proves to be impossible. Haunted by his past, Henry adopts a new persona and, as Tom Stanley, lives out his life in Gadsden, Alabama. A second family and prosperity born of honest labor brings Henry to the place where “all losses are restor’d and sorrows end.”
Sorrows End is based on the real life of Maurice Stanley‘s paternal grandfather. Family stories long asserted that Henry Baker had been involved with Jesse and Frank James in the Muscle Shoals payroll robbery in Alabama, and perhaps the Glendale, Missouri, train holdup as well. Relying on historical evidence, family folklore, and some speculation, Stanley tells the gripping story of this outlaw who rode with Jesse James.
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. He has also written several college philosophy textbooks,
including
Logic and Controversy.
Dr. Stanley holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a retired lecturer of philosophy and religion at UNC Wilmington. He lives with his wife in coastal North Carolina, where he enjoys reading, writing, and watching classic films.