The Crossing: A Historical Novel (Paperback)
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Description
"As Maine goes, so goes the nation" was a motto of the early 1900s. The Ku Klux Klan determined if they could grab a foothold in the bellwethernortheasternmost state, they could succeed anywhere. So they sent their most charismatic recruiter to draw the crowds. He succeeded --for awhile.
About the Author
A longtime journalist and winner of six national magazine writing awards, Mark Alan Leslie has written 13 books, including four historical novels, five modern-day action/adventures, two golf books, a devotional and a Christian self-help book. Longtime Christy Award judge and AFA Journal Editor Randall Murphree called Leslie “a seasoned wordsmith…in the class of John Grisham” and added that he is one of Murphree’s two favorite Christian authors of the last decade or more. Leslie earned Featured Book status from Publishers Weekly for his 2015 book, True North: Tice’s Story, a novel about the Underground Railroad in Maine — a subject about which he has spoken across the state. His first historical novel, Midnight Rider for the Morning Star (2008), based on the life of America's first circuit-riding preacher, Francis Asbury, won nationwide acclaim. Since then, besides True North: Tice's Story, Leslie’s novels include The Crossing, an astonishing story about the Ku Klux Klan’s success in Maine in the 1920s and how it tears at the fabric of one town in particular; the three-book Thrill of the Hunt series; The Last Aliyah, an action/thriller taking readers on a look into the future when the United Nations bans Jewish immigration to Israel and Jews try to escape America through a modern-day Underground Railroad; and Torn Asunder (2020), an End Times epic. The Thrill of the Hunt mystery/thrillers unveil two new heroes: Dr. Kat Cardova, a Yale University archaeologist, and black-ops hero Max Braxton. In Chasing the Music (2016) Kat and Max follow clues to discover King David’s music of the Psalms, being attacked by Muslim jihadists from Israel to Petra, Ireland, Wales and back to Israel. The Three Sixes (2017), a geopolitical suspense thriller, delves into the question of what would happen if the United States, beset by Islamic terrorist attacks and under the leadership of an untested, newly elected President, discovers in the Inaugural Address that despite his proclamations to the opposite, the President would acquiesce to all the demands of Israel’s enemies. Terror cells are hidden in every state in America. Do they go even as deep as the inner sanctum of the White House? Operation Jeremiah’s Jar (fall 2018) returns a now-married Kat and Max to Israel, where Kat hunts for the Prophet Jeremiah’s property deed to land outside Jerusalem, proof of the Jews’ ownership of land which the United Nations claims they have no title to. Meanwhile, Max protects the U.S. ambassador and his own wife against violence when America builds a new embassy in Jerusalem. Leslie’s career as a newspaper and magazine editor and writer spanned 30 years before he began writing books full-time. He was the founding editor of Golf Course News (now Golf Industry), which became a leading golf-industry publication in his 12 years at the helm, and has written two golf books filled with quotes and stories from his interviews with icons like Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Patti Berg, Kathy Whitworth, Gary Player and Ben Crenshaw. The books, available online, are entitled Putting a Little Spin on It: The Design’s the Thing! and Putting a Little Spin on It: The Grooming’s the Thing! He has also written two books available free of charge on his web site: a devotional, Walks with God, and Fired? Get Fired Up!
Praise For…
— The Crossing
— “Mark Alan Leslie includes a meticulous attention to historically accurate details with respect to the KKK’s presence in Maine and their attempt to target Catholic
immigrants, Jews, blacks, and illegal alcohol. With a genuine flair for compelling, entertaining, and deftly crafted storytelling, The Crossing is very highly recommended, especially for community library Historical Fiction collections.”
—Midwest Book Review
