Around the River's Bend

His ambitions to follow in Andrew Jackson's footsteps drawing him away from his parents' teachings, aspiring lawyer Joshua Spencer finds his decision challenging his relationship with Rachel and must choose between loyalties when a friend is wrongfully accused of a crime. Original.

Gilbert Morris spent ten years as a pastor before becoming Professor of English at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas and earning a Ph.D. at the University of Arkansas. During the summers of 1984 and 1985, he did postgraduate work at the University of London.

A prolific writer, he has had over 25 scholarly articles and 200 poems published in various periodicals, and over the past years has had more than 70 novels published. His family includes three grown children, and he and his wife live in Alabama.

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Born and raised in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Aaron Lee McCarver dreamed in his childhood of becoming a writer. The closeness of his small Tennessee community and God's goodness to the families there provided a haven for a young reader such as Aaron.

Aaron pursued a degree in education from Wesley College near Jackson, Mississippi. After earning his M.A. in English from Mississippi College, he was invited to be Dean of Students back at Wesley, and began teaching classes as an associate professor. Happy in his teaching, writing would have to wait.

After meeting best-selling author Gilbert Morris, Aaron's desire to write again was piqued. A partnership soon developed and Aaron became the editorial consultant for Gilbert's the HOUSE OF WINSLOW series. From their friendship and talents for storytelling, Aaron conceived the idea for a new series featuring Aaron's homeland, the Tennessee frontier. Aaron and Gilbert signed on with Bethany House for Over the Misty Mountains, the first volume of THE SPIRIT OF APPALACHIA.

Aaron continues as Dean of Students and professor at Wesley College, offering a course on modern literature, which includes works by Gilbert Morris. He also edits for Lynn Morris and Alan Morris. Aaron looks forward to more writing in the future.