John T. Wayne

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 finally Hermann. Having such a diverse 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. This 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. To date, he has published eight books including his family memoirs. An American Heritage provides proof he is John Wayne's grandson.

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 & forgotten. When the Civil War ended the Federal's had a huge orphan problem, but they didn't want to get beat up over it, so they ordered the generals in charge of reconstruction not to allow the newspapers of the time to write anything that had to do with the orphans. Their stance was, "They'll grow up!" For the next twenty years, that's just what they did, but if you go back and look at the newspapers of the time, guess what you don't find! That's right, not one word about the orphan problem. It's as if it never happened.

John T. Wayne is a self taught author, once a young boy who didn't understand or grasp the English language, and who still struggles with dyslexia 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 the grandson of the old Duke is as good as they get today.