White Squirrels and Gold

About the Book

In the late 1870’s, Pat Kelly, a frustrated and somewhat unappreciated Texas Ranger, hears a startling tale from a dying man. The possibility of finding long-lost gold draws him to return to Illinois to enlist his two Civil War comrades, Orvil and Elza, to join him in a wild and dangerous excursion to the American Southwest.

They encounter numerous hardships and meet many famous and unforgettable characters in their travels. Their long and eventful journey is filled with danger, humor and surprises that make for enjoyable reading.

About the Author

Jerry J. Maxwell was born and raised in Illinois, where he attended several colleges and earned a Bachelors Degree and two Masters Degrees. It was in Illinois that he met and married his wife, Bonnie, in 1958. They are the parents of two adult sons and have two granddaughters. After teaching in Illinois for thirty-five years, Jerry and his wife retired to Florida, where she assisted him in editing, typing and proofing his writings. Because of his great love for the western novels of Louis L’Amour, Zane Gray and A. B. Guthrie, Maxwell took up his own pen and embarked on his first western novel. He has always had an interest in history and the Old West, so it was only natural for him to choose to write a western novel for his first real work of fiction.