Another local author a good friend is my ole' buddy Tom Schobert.
Tom is a local Author, historian, (former) civil war reenactor, presenter and many other things....
You may have seen Tom, at Forest Lawn Cemetery, especilly during their Civil War Tours, or caught Tom, doing one of his various talks in WNY or caught Tom doing a presentation of the many interest and historical figures he portrayed, or even seen Tom, as Surgeon of the 155th NY Volunteers (years ago).
As of Recently, Tom has Authored a book -
HUSH THE CANNONS ROAR - The life & times of Bennet Riley: Defender of Buffalo
Against the backdrop of the funeral of Major General Bennet Riley in June 1853, his beloved Arabella reminisces about their life – their happy times, his challenges on the battlefield and their personal tragedies. The reader will be taken on a journey that traces his rise during a forty-year army career that saw him advance in rank during service in all the major conflicts of his nation during the first half of the 19th century and placed him in a role where he would be considered the father of California statehood.
They lived on the western prairies and in tropical Florida, but Buffalo New York became the place that truly became home for Bennet and Arabella, during and after his remarkable military career. It is a love story that spans one of the greatest eras in American history.
Tom has anoth book in the works on a New Yorker who served and died at the Alamo - Look for it here in the near future, as well as at the BuffaloHistory Books for more information
More new on his book, and the photo of the and title very soon.