By:
John A. McKinsey
The Grant Legacy
is a modern day mystery adventure novel where the
characters are unraveling real historical mysteries related to the Civil War
and the Revolutionary War. The novel entertains adventure novel readers and
history buffs alike. The Grant Legacy
is the sequel to
The Lincoln Secret
and is the second novel in the John A. McKinsey’s
series on mysteries related to U.S. Presidents.
The Grant Legacy features settings in
South Carolina, Kansas City, North Carolina, Washington D.C., Gettysburg and
Madison, Wisconsin.
The principal
characters include: James Enloe a history professor; Sean Johnson, an
ex-SEAL - turned journalist, Kim Poole, a single mom and shop owner who is
also into genealogy; and her teenage daughter, Abigail Poole. Together, they
get caught up seeking answers to two mysteries: one related to Gettysburg
and Ulysses S. Grant, and one related to the Revolutionary War and a little
known North Carolina conference the year before the Declaration of
Independence that produced the “Mecklenburg Resolves.” Their quest is
entangled with a national security threat that the FBI is trying to stop
that leads to a dramatic ending.
