To Hide from a Northern Wind

A sweeping family saga spanning two centuries.

In 1875, Clem Jenkins purchased a farm along the banks of Spencer Creek, just outside the town of Lebanon, Tennessee. The property bordered the farm of George Masters, and, at least initially, the relationship between the two families, remained cordial. 

What started as a disagreement concerning the withdrawal of water from the creek, soon extended to any conversation between the two men. 

Clem achieved his desired result with force, using either his .45, or some other strong-arm method. George was successful while using his intellect, and his ability to persuade.  

Both approaches were successful in prior dealings with others but not with each other. 

Whatever the issue might be - water rights, their crops, their children, or their women - they simply could not agree on anything.  

So began a never-ending deadly game of conflict, litigation, and murder, involving the families, their spouses, their children and their grandchildren. 

Even as both families grew through the years and eventually moved to Nashville, the conflict continued, spilling out into the streets through four generations, until finally coming to a completely unpredictable ending in 2016. 

BOOK ONE OF A FOUR BOOK SERIES OF HISTORICAL FICTION AND COURTROOM DRAMA SET IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND SPANNING 140 YEARS.