Tony Turnbow

Unpublished documents reveal an Andrew Jackson who committed mutiny and shed tears as he thought his mistakes would lead to the deaths of teenagers under his command. Indians saved him. The backwoods Jackson, who had never commanded a battle, presumed to take on the mantle of General George ...

A historical coming-of-age tale set in a place where truth was stranger than fiction. In 1809, when his widowed mother decides to move E. Z. Perkins and his younger brother to the new Mississippi Territory, the boys are thrown into a dangerous and mysterious world. Their new home lies somewhere ...

In Book 2 of the Fighting Devil's Backbone series, as the boy E. Z. Perkins struggles to survive the mysterious, frontier road known as "The Devil's Backbone," a Chickasaw warrior offers him a home. E. Z. must learn the skills of an Indian hunter and warrior to save his own life . . . and the li...

Book 3 in the Fighting Devil's Backbone young adult historical fiction trilogy. Young teen Ezekiel (“E. Z.”) Perkins is kidnapped by a bandit on the mysterious wilderness road known as “The Devil’s Backbone.” The captor demands that the boy join his bloodthirsty gang, learn the skills of a bandi...