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John T. Wayne was born in St Louis, Missouri in August 1958.

For the next seventeen years he spent his childhood growing up all over the state, from Branson, to Poplar Bluff, to Springfield, independence, Joplin and Hermann. Having such a background, he found it difficult to keep up in school. In fact his English grades were always sub-par, because he just didn’t understand the principles behind the English language. It was made more difficult by moving in the middle of the school year. “I wouldn’t wish that on any kid,” John likes to say.

He helps promote TRUE GRIT TRAIL for the City of Dardanelle and the state of Arkansas and has an upcoming series called the TRUE GRIT TRAIL who’s main focus is U.S. Marshals out of Ft. Smith. To date, all of his books have been published under THE GASLIGHT BOYS series.

While the author grew up in Missouri, he and his wife Donna now live in Arkansas. “I guess you would call this the Ozarks,” he says, “and we love our Ozark heritage.”

He began writing his books in 1985; books about the orphan’s created by the Civil War. These young men became the first cowboys as all of the grown men were off fighting a war. John T. writes, stories about the Civil War and the Old West using Civil War orphans which have been largely ignored or forgotten. Below he offers a few quotes from his work.

1. “A gun is neither good nor evil, but a person makes it so.”
2. “Trouble has a nasty way of determining for a man what he does during the day.”
3. “A man’s dreams must exceed his fears.”
4. “As Americans, we can’t have freedom without God!”
5. “Never pick a fight with a man who has nothing to lose.”
6. “There are two types of lottery’s in life, the one that includes hard work, planning and determination always turns up a winner.”
7. “There is no room for racism in the 21st century.”

John T. Wayne is a self-taught author, a young boy who didn’t understand or grasp the English language now writes novels! There’s a lot in that head of his, still, writing two series at once is going to be a challenge for him. Check out a book for yourself and see why he is as good as they get.

Bobby Joe’s life takes an unexpected turn when he witnesses a murder.

While searching for the lost treasure del Diablo, Bobby Joe is stranded in an unforgiving desert environment when his last horse dies. With no alternative, he begins the grueling walk to water and safety.

Saved by the dead man’s horse, and finding a letter from an uncle to the murdered man, Bobby Joe makes the life-changing decision to assume the identity of the look-alike dead man. Taking over someone’s life is never easy, but Bobby Joe’s situation is even more perilous as he avoids attempts on his life, a hostile takeover, an Arizona Ranger, determined to get answers, and the wife of the murdered man who knows Bobby Joe isn’t who he says he is.

Not giving up on his dream of finding the lost treasure del Diablo, he enlists the help of a ranch hand while he takes over as the new owner of the Slash M.

Can he earn the love of the woman who sees through his facade and save the ranch before his deception is exposed?

Newspaper 
United States, Bogalusa, Louisiana 
Friday, October 14, 2022

Headline: As He Relaunches “The Treasure Del Diablo,” John T. Wayne Transports Readers Back to the Era of Cowboys, Treasures, and Deceptions

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