A botched alchemical experiment tosses Hal Morgan—the scion of a wealthy Louisville family and perhaps a relative of Twain’s Hank Morgan—into a whacky dimension where characters of Arthurian legend indeed exist. Hal soon finds himself upon a dangerous quest to save Arthur’s court form the plotting of a mysterious black knight. Joined by a sprightly female warrior and a whimsical thief, Hal must confront a mangy werewolf, talking salmon, an exceedingly amorous Morgan Le Faye, belligerent giants, man-eating witches, a libidinous troll princess, walking eyes, a kelpie, and a dangerous magical forest before he can unmask and defeat Arthur’s adversary. At time humorous, at times satirical, A Kentucky Colonel in King Arthur’s Court is a fast-paced adventure in the style of that grand old fantasy magazine Unknown World. Also included is The Swamp Maiden of Venus, a bitter-sweet tale of youthful romance and a boy’s addiction to fantasy.

"Kenneth Tucker has shown admirable determination to please himself in writing this book; it does not follow any current trend in popular fiction, but it will please those who share his nostalgia for old-fashioned fantasy."
--Phillip Krummrich, Kentucky Philological Review.

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Kenneth Tucker: Author of

Books

Eliot Ness and the Untouchables:
The Historical Reality
and
the Film and Television Depictions, 2nd ed. Soon to be available as an ebook from Google and other ebook readers

A Kentucky Colonel in Darkest Africa Currently available or soon to be available as an ebook for Kindle and other ebook readers

The Old Lit Professor’s Book of Favorite Readings Currently available or soon to be available as an ebook for Kindle and other ebook readers

I Pray the Lord My Soul to Keep Currently available or soon to be available as an ebook for Kindle and other ebook readers

The Madonna of Shadows and Darkness Currently available or soon to be available as an ebook for Kindle and other ebook readers

A Spider Spinning Daydreams (short story)

The Fall of the House of Spade Currently available or soon to be available as an ebook for Kindle and other ebook readers

Wilderness of Tigers: A Novel of the Harpe Brothers and Frontier Violence Currently available or soon to be available as an ebook for Kindle and other ebook readers

The Grave and the Figure Eight: A Myth Reborn

Currently available or soon to be available as an ebook for Kindle and other ebook readers

Shakespeare and Jungian Typology. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2003.

Currently available as a Google ebook and soon to be available for other ebook readers

Eliot Ness and the Untouchables. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2000.

John Marston, A Reference Guide. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1985. [Out of Print]

A Bibliography of Writings by and About John Ford and Cyril Tourneur. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1975. [Out of Print]

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