Chris Jefferies: 5 books

A skittish young dog inadvertently ends up in the sea bag of an ocean going tugboat skipper. Onboard and at sea the dog, christened Tugboat by the crew gets acquainted with the workings of a cargo carrying tug and barge combination as it plies trade in the Gulf of Mexico and up the US East Coast. ‘Tugboat’...

Including some of Oklahoma�s earliest and most productive oil fields, Duncan and Stephens County played a major role in the development of America�s oil industry. Through historic images, this book focuses on the two themes that emerge from the area�s past: first, the settlement, growth, and...

Adam Weldon thinks that only a few short weeks of hard work stand between him and a very bright future. Soon, however, he is caught up in forces beyond his control—forces unleashed by the Civil War. Both his love for his fiance, Laura, and his new faith will be tried in ways he can’t imagine....

In 1860, William Jefferies has been serving as a full-time missionary for the Mormon Church in his native England for over four years when he concludes he should marry and emigrate to Zion where he can worship without fear of opposition or discrimination. He marries Mary Frances, the daughter of Mary...

A small village of a few hundred inhabitants on the Missouri River, Florence grows to become a bustling frontier town of four thousand in just a few weeks as the Saints converge to prepare for the wagon trip across the plains. Among the first to arrive, William and his family are at the center of...