I recieved the first draft of the book today, there are some minor changes that need to done, and they are still working on the art for the front cover, I’m quite excited about this. The book will be a short read, less than a hundred pages, but the story was well work putting ito print. I would love to see it sell, but the sales are not as important as what the book says.

Last Stand at Old Man’s Creek

“The True Story of The Battle of Stillman’s Run”

 Black Hawk War 1832

Major Stillman;Commanded 275 men at the Battle of Old Man’s Creek in the Black Hawk War of 1832

Site Link; http://majmchenry.googlepages.com/oldmanscreek

I spoke to the publisher today and the final draft of “Last Stand at Old Man’s Creek” will be arriving in about a month or so. I’m personally very excited to see the draft and will make any corrections if needed. I am also relieved that the true story of what happened that day will finnaly be exposed and set straight. Major Stillman and his men have taken the brunt of the incident for nearly two hundred years and I’m am pleased to be the one to clear their names once and for all.

            Last Stand at Old Man’s Creek

   The true and correct story of the battle

                             of

                      Stillman’s Run

                             of

           The Black Hawk War of 1832

A book by Author Gene Stevens; Publishing sometime in late 2008                                                   

Copyright all rights reserved 

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In the Spring of 1832, 275 Illinois Militiamen under the command of Major Isaiah Stillman would be sent on a mission to capture or destroy the Infamous Chief Black Hawk, and subdue the Warriors that followed him into Illinois to reclaim their homeland.

Stillman’s expediton would earn the title of the “Forlorn Hope”, as they found themselves up against superior numbers of Warriors, with the very real possibility of being completely wiped out.

Faced with this possibility, a small contigent of Rangers held their ground at Old Man’s Creek and covered the retreat of their fellow Rangers. Many lost their lives, But many others lived to tell the truth about what had really occurred on that day at Old Man’s Creek, on the 14th May of 1832.

Last Stand at Old Man’s Creek is the true and correct story of what occured on that day, and the aftermath of the battle that would smear the names of them men who were there. Last Stand at Old Man’s Creek finally answers the questions that have lingered on for nearly two centuries about the circumstances surrounding the surprising defeat of the militia at Old Man’s Creek on that fatal day.

                    Coming late 2008 early 2009 from Publish America