The Timely Arrival of Barnabas Bead

Part of A. S. "Pete" Peterson's short story series, Tales of an Unremembered Country.

In this first tale, "The Timely Arrival of Barnabas Bead," a hapless colonel and his faithful lieutenant have been reassigned to a remote Confederate outpost in the Appalachian Mountains, but the road they take to get there may lead them somewhere else entirely.

Paperback edition features illustrations by Joe Sutphin.