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Mike Kearby

Mike Kearby

About

Mike Kearby, a retired high school Reading and English teacher, is the author of nine novels. The Road to a Hanging (2006), Ride the Desperate Trail (2007), and Ambush at Mustang Canyon (fall, 2007), completed his Young Adult trilogy published by Dorchester Publishing (NY). Ambush at Mustang Canyon was honored as a 2008 Spur Award Finalist from the Western Writers of America. The Taken (Dorchester) was published in January 2011. Mike’s first graphic novel, Texas Tales Illustrated, will be published by TCU Press in April 2011. The novel features artwork by renowned illustrator, Mack White.

Heir to a Prophecy

Heir to a Prophecy

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<p><span><span>Shakespeare's Witches tell Banquo, &quot;Thou Shalt 'Get Kings Though Thou Be None&quot;. Though Banquo is murdered, his son Fleance gets away. What happened to Fleance? What Kings? As Shakespeare's audience apparently knew, Banquo was the ancestor of the royal Stewart line. But the road to kingship had a most inauspicious beginning, and we follow Fleance into exile and death, bestowing the Witches' prophecy on his illegitimate son Walter. Born in Wales and raised in disgrace, Walter's efforts to understand Banquo's murder and honor his lineage take him on a long and treacherous journey through England and France before facing his destiny in Scotland.</span></span></p>

Story Behind The Book

In the grand tradition of Rosenfield and Patton's Texas History Movies and the wonderful graphic novels of Jack Jackson, we now have Mike Kearby and Mack White's marvelous Texas Tales illustrated. Clear writing, great art, and solid history make for a winning combination that will delight and educate readers both young and old. - Paul Andrew Hutton, University of New Mexico

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Lucida Sans';font-size:11pt;">Mike Kearby and Mack White's Texas Tales is more than just a well-illustrated graphic novel of the Texas Revolution. Their personal approach to reliving the Alamo, Goliad and San Jacinto through the eyes of both Texians and Tejanos vividly illustrates the drama facing <br />frontier pioneers caught in the independence movement that created the Lone Star State. Texas Tales is a historically accurate and refreshing approach to educating and entertaining readers of all ages on the <br />Texas Revolution.<br /></span><span style="font-family:'Lucida Sans';">                          </span></p><p></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Lucida Sans';"><span>                   </span> </span><span style="font-family:'Lucida Sans';font-size:10pt;">-Stephen L. Moore, author of <em>Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign</em></span><em><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></em></p><p></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p> </p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p>