TEXAS Tainted Dreams
Follows the life of William Riley Gotcher from one adventure to another. This action-packed novel takes you on the journey as he goes from a teamster, to rancher, to Texas Ranger, to Trail Boss.
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Hit #1 on Booklocker Print Best Seller List
Topped at #14 on Amazon’s 19th Century Historical Fiction List
4-Book Rating: Strongly Recommended by TRUE VOICE Review, an independent, reader-focused editorial review.
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Rated PG-13, the book contains sustained depictions of frontier violence, medications such as laudanum used for pain, and sensitive topics such as massacre and grief. Overall, the content is intense and at times graphic but stops short of the extremity or explicitness associated with an R rating.
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Reviews
“I’m so glad you decided to write the story. You have been able to weave the major events of their lives in such a way that it has brought each of the family members alive. The last chapter exemplifies the values of our family that have been passed down to our day.” – P. Gotcher
“Excellent storytelling, the author was extremely detailed and informative.” – H. Brooks
“A historically rich and emotionally resonant Texas frontier saga, Texas Tainted Dreams traces one family’s courage, trauma, and hard-won resilience amid war, captivity, disease, and the unforgiving realities of mid-nineteenth-century life…Rich historical detail and quietly powerful emotional beats combine to make this a compelling saga for readers who want their westerns grounded in real human cost.” – TRUE VOICE Review
Pawnee Prisoner: The Story of Jane Gotcher Crawford
Based on the true story of the daughter of a Texas pioneer and the widow of Alamo defender Lemuel Crawford.
#1 Bestseller for Booklocker.com, Inc.
Reached #8 on Amazon’s 19th Century Historical Fiction
Finalist for the 2025 American Writing Awards – Western
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Rated PG, Contains non-graphic references to sexual exploitation. Tone is redemptive, surviving abuse and childhood trauma.
About the book
Pawnee Prisoner, The Story of Jane Gotcher Crawford is a tale of survival set in the 1830s and based on the true story of the daughter of Texas pioneer James “Jim” Gotcher who carved a narrow road through Austin’s Little Colony, and widow of Alamo Defender Lemuel Crawford, the spirited young man with high hopes and a firm belief in Texas Independence.
When Lemuel died at the Alamo, leaving Jane a widow with a small daughter, she was devastated. A year later, as life begins to return to normal, a Pawnee raiding party attacks the Gotcher family work camp, killing five members of her family. Jane offers herself as a captive to try to protect the children. Jane’s courage and determination to keep her daughter and young brothers alive is tested on the long journey to Oklahoma. She saves her daughter from certain death multiple times and finds ways to help the children cope with captivity. Her determination is tested again when they are separated at the Pawnee village. While Jane deals with the brutality, jealousy, and challenges of being a prisoner of the Pawnee, her daughter and brothers face their own struggles to survive.
As Jane begins to lose hope of rescue, Charles Spalding, a bearded trader, discovers the family and negotiates a trade that takes longer than expected. Jane refuses to leave anyone behind. Standing Bear, the fiercest of the Pawnee, disagrees with the release of the captives and decides to take matters into his own hands.
Loved by one and coveted by another of the Pawnee, will Jane make it home to the Gotcher Trace, or will one final confrontation send her back to the Indian village?
To view a Reading from Pawnee Prisoner, partial Ch. 3 and 4, click on the link below.
(16) Texas Author Vivian McCullogh World Record Reading June 7 2025 – YouTube
Reviews
“…You can tell the author put a lot of effort into making it as historically accurate as possible. The author includes her resources, which goes far in selling the validity of what is written…” – Kindle Customer
“...When reading the book you could almost smell that air and feel what Jane was experiencing…” – Rick S.
“…It’s nice to read a great intriguing story without loads of sex and cursing…I couldn’t put it down…” – Tina
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Grandma Series – Childrens Books
A fun series of personalized books written in rhyme. Each book is themed and the grandchildren each tell Grandma various things, including:
- What they like about going to her house
- What they want to be when they grow up
- Which piece of the nativity they like the best
- Characters they have dressed up as
- What they think of the new “sweetie”
- Something special they can do
Not available for purchase
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Family History Books
Family History books include:
- My McCullough-Spalding Heritage
- The McCulloughs and Related Families
- The Quinn Family
Not available for purchase
Vivian McCullough 