A Thudering Wind
A Historical Novel by
Gregory Barnes Watson

[photo of Gregory standing in front of a USA flag. He is wearing glasses and smiling.]
Gregory is incarcerated in a California prison. Though having served 25 years so far for the murder of a drug dealer, suffering the daily degradation and humiliation of prison life, he has chose to rise above it. This novel is thought-provoking, entertaining, and will be proven to be timeless.

A Great Read for Men,
A Must Read for Women

[Front cover of a Thudering Wind. It has geese fling over a ruined house.]
Available on Amazon.com
https://www.amazon.com/Thundering-Wind-Gregory-Barnes-Watson/dp/0615379443
Soft cover/ebook (523 pages)
ISBN 9780615379449

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To contact the author, please send a SASE to:
Gregory Barnes Watson
Mule Creek State Prison
D-67547 C-Gym-118-M
PO Box 409060
Ione, CA 95640

A splendid historical novel depicting the hardships of an early 20th century family whose livelihood of hunting waterfowl on the Chesapeake Bay is threatened by newly enacted laws that turn an honorable vocation into one of criminality.

Clay Buchanan, a market hunter and decoy carver, risks life and limb each night as he stalks the Susquehanna Flats in an unsteady sneak skiff in search of rafting fowl. His weapon of choice, his killer of ducks, geese, and swan by the barrelful, is the fabled Davenport, a 12-foot punt gun.

Struggling against nature’s cruel elements to feed his family, Clay must also outwit the tenacious game warden, Felipe LeCompte. The lawman’s sworn mission is to jail Clay for poaching, while Clay attempts to raise a precocious daughter under a roof where Christian values are tested by life’s tribulations.

This extraordinary tale, highlighting the incredible migrations of many dwindling species, is set in the marsh south of the quaint town of Havre de Grace, Maryland, the heart of American history. The author seamlessly weaves the notable characters of our illustrious past with the everyday man, the hunter, oysterman, tavern owner, and planter, to create a tapestry of the honorable to the rapscallion. Each character, toiling by whatever means are available; by wit, wisdom, hook, and/or crook, strives to better their uncertain futures.