Tracking T.J.

About the Book

An old wood carved print in a dusty book and an inherited double-barreled shotgun sets a former investigative reporter to wondering about the story behind them. What he found was a Mississippi boy whose grandfather had fought a bear with a knife, was wiped out by a hurricane, and whose father fought in the Civil War with five of his six sons, including himself. T.J. Sandifer was the product of the migrations of southern farmers and their trials and tribulations influenced by weather, terrain, economy, issues of state's rights, slavery and war. His was an ordinary family in extraordinary times, reflective of thousands of other early Americans who contributed to the making of a nation. His name was Thomas Jefferson Sandifer, but everybody just called him Tee-Jay.

About the Author

John Sandifer was raised in Amarillo, Texas, and Sedro Woolley, Washington. Mr. Sandifer spent 40 years as an award-winning broadcast journalist for radio and TV stations and networks After retirement, in 1994, from KING TV, the NBC affiliate in Seattle, he served for 15 years as the Executive Director for the Seattle Local of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Having written thousands of news stories and dozens of documentaries, during retirement he has produced two books, both involving family members at war. “One Tough Ombre” follows a favorite uncle in Patton’s Army in Europe.