The Button

by Weekley, Thom H.

• ISBN13: 9781469788234
• ISBN10: 1469788233
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-07
• Publisher: Author Solutions

Summary

After recovering from his wounds received in the Korean War, US Army veteran Chris Jones lands a job as a park ranger with the State Department of Natural Resources in Florida. The Silver Star winner is eager to start his new task of opening up Dade Battlefield, the site of an 1835 battle between the Seminole Indians and the US Army. Unfortunately, Chris also lands smack in the middle of a feud. There are those in the nearby community of Bushnell who want the park out of state hands and returned to the local Battlefield Historical Society, and they're determined to have their way. It doesn't help matters when Chris falls in love with June Trammel, one of Bushnell's less-than-upstanding citizens, and begins to encounter the racism prevalent in the small Southern town. Then something peculiar happens. One night, while out walking on the battlefield, he encounters a group of soldiers dressed in uniforms from the 1830s. These are no reenactors, but ghosts from the battle itself. Why have they come back to haunt the field, and what do they want? As tensions in the town reach a breaking point, Chris must determine how he can bring peace not only to the community, but to the haunted souls walking Dade Battlefield.

Excerpts

Chris Jones wins the Silver Star in Korea for exceptional bravery and is given the job by the state of Florida of taking over Dade Battlefield from the control of the Battlefield Historical Society. Along the way he encounters many obstacles that put him at odds with the community of Bushnell, Florida. He also gets involved with a group of apparitional soldiers who fought with Dade in the battle in 1835. See how he overcomes these obstacles and wins the support of the community. Chris Jones wins the Silver Star for exceptional bravery In the Korean War. He is returned wounded to the Veterans hospital in Washington DC and is finally dismissed in 1954. He gets a job with the State Department of Natural Resources in Florida opening up Dade Battlefield under state regulations. He falls afoul in the community of Bushnell when he tries to open the park under state mandate and encounters many in the community who want the park returned to the Battlefield Historical Society. He falls in love and marries a member of the community that many people look down upon. He also becomes involved with a group of apparitional soldiers that fought with Dade in the 1835 battle with the Seminole Indians. See how Jones becomes a respected member of the community and resolves the plight of the apparitions in reading The Button.