I Will War No More: Selocta's Story - Paperback

by Cabot Barden (Author)

this is a fiction based on facts. Selocta Chinnabee, the hero of the Battle of Talladega during the Creek Indian Wars, tells his own story of his life from the onset of the Creek Indian wars in 1813 up to his final night at a tavern in Talladega County in 1835. He tells his story to an acquaintance who retells the story for him after his death that night. From losing the love of his life in the first battle, to his struggle for peace between his red brothers and the white man, to the days leading up to the Trail Of Tears that the Indians would have to travel because of the white man's greed for their land. It is a tale of war and love.

Author Biography

Cabot Barden, a native of Sylacauga, AL is a musician/singer/songwriter and the author of five novels, It's The Bass Player, Toby's Mixed Blessings, Dynamite Runs In The Family, Shamrocks and Skallywags, and Shillelaghes And Scoundrels. It's The Bass Player was endorsed by best selling author Clive Cussler and was the runner up for the 2011 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for Literary Fiction with Toby's Mixed Blessings taking the coveted award home in 2012. Dynamite Runs In the Family has won the Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for 2014 and has received 5-star reviews from Amazon.com. Shamrocks and Skallywags won the Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for Historical Fiction in 2015, along with a thumbs up from the New York Times. His fifth book Shillelaghs And Scoundrels has been nominated for the Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for 2016. Cabot has experienced many similar adventures which are described in his first three books. Since the age of 14, Cabot has played in bands. He has recorded in studios in Birmingham, AL, Nashville, TN and several other cities. He is a member of the Nashville Songwriter's Association International, ASCAP, NABE, president of the Central Alabama Writer's Guild and is an honorary member of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, which is owned by his friend, best selling author Clive Cussler.