Larry Wood has been writing professionally for 50 years. He has written
everything from children's fiction to how-to articles, but during most of his
career he has specialized in historical nonfiction, having written twenty-five
nonfiction history books. He is also the author of two historical novels, two
western novels, and over 500 magazine articles and stories. In addition, he has
contributed short stories to several anthologies. Wood especially enjoys
writing about episodes of the Civil War and the Old West that occurred in or near his
home territory of the Ozarks