Author Talk: Tom Drennen

Join us for an author talk by Tom Drennen for his book "Guardian Guerrillas: As told by Frank James"

"Guardian Guerrillas: As told by Frank James" is the fictionalized account of Frank James, brother of Jesse James.  Frank James was a bushwhacker in Quantrill's Partisan Rangers during the Civil War. The actions of this brash, Shakespeare quoting young man represents the best and worst of guerrilla warfare in those turbulent and violent times.

The characters in this work include soldiers, generals, politicians, crooks, thieves, farmers, bankers, lovers, wives, and sisters that suffered or caused suffering in this oft untold American history and their post bellum lives that were fraught with danger, excitement, success for some, failure for many, with ironic, karmic twists.

What drove these young men to become Jayhawkers and Bushwhackers? Were they blood thirsty cutthroats or Guardian Guerrillas?

Tom Drennen is a long-time student of the American Civil War, particularly the guerrilla warfare in his home state of Missouri. After retiring from a successful career as an engineer at Sikorsky Aircraft, he turned his attention to researching what forces drove young men in the 1860s to become Jayhawkers and Bushwhackers. He is a founding member of the Shoreline Civil War Discussion Group in Connecticut.

Like all Southbury Public Library programs, this event is free to attend and open to anyone regardless of town of residency. Registration is required.  For more information about this program, please email Rebecca at rrandall@biblio.org or call the reference desk at 203-262-0626 ext 2.