Queen of Cotton by Laurie Moore-Moore

 

QUEEN OF COTTON

By Laurie Moore-Moore


Historical Fiction

Publisher: Goat Mountain Press

Publication Date: September 9, 2025



 
SYNOPSIS

1861: The Civil War is raging. The men have gone to fight, leaving the women behind to cope.  Cotton is the lifeblood of the South.

Sara, a young wife, risks her life and reputation to lead an official Confederate Camel Caravan hundreds of miles across Texas to Matamoros, Mexico. There, cotton can be sold and shipped to the buyer, avoiding the Union blockade and providing critical funds for the South and desperate Dallas cotton growers. 

But . . .“It’s not a job for a woman.” The Texas frontier is fraught with danger. The caravan will face fierce Comanche, bandits, extreme weather, internal vandalism, and unforgiving desert. The Mexican cotton market is complex and full of fraudsters. The trail home, carrying gold and armaments, makes the caravan a rich target.  

Joining Sara on the adventure are a fascinating mix of real and fictional characters, including a slave— who quotes Machiavelli—and forty-six camels!  Can Sara face peril and uncertainty with grit and unyielding determination?  Can she survive, succeed, and as a result, shed the past that haunts her? Queen of Cotton: Confederate Camel Caravan is a woman’s adventure with roots in true history.  Climb aboard, your camel is waiting.

A stand-alone novel and book two in the Texas Brave & Strong series.




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ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Laurie Moore-Moore and her husband, Roger, have been blessed with many adventures--from trekking across India's Thar desert on camels (and sleeping in the sand on camel blankets) to repeating marriage vows in a remote Maasi village in Kenya (Laurie's dowry was one cow and one goat). Laurie's favorite adventure? As a fifth-generation Texan, Laurie says, "It is discovering more and more Texas history and writing about it!"


After decades in Dallas, Texas the couple moved to a mountaintop overlooking a lake in the Cherokee Nation. "The cabin is unique," Laurie says. "There is a nine foot chainsaw bear in our entry hall. The house was built around it. Never thought I'd own a piece of chainsaw art, much less a nine foot bear. Life is full of surprises--just like a good historical novel."


Laurie is a retired entrepreneur who has built and sold multiple businesses and served on the board of directors of an international Corporation.


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