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Plains of Abraham

by J. Houston Gordon

 


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 Plains of Abraham
The paths of two people, one trying to escape his grief and the other trying to sort out a troubled marriage and suspicious circumstances within her medical laboratory business, cross on the Plains of Abraham, the historic battlefield park of Old City Quebec.

Already despondent over his wife's untimely death, Hank Jennings' life and law practice take a series of perilous twists as he tries to purge his grief with a trip to Canada.

The journey is fraught with danger, death and intrigue as he travels the streets of Old City Quebec and historic San Antonio and re-experiences the passions sweltering heat of the Mississippi River swamplands of rural West Tennessee. Accused of murder, he encounters drug trafficking cartels, gang violence, and the truth about himself as his story builds to an explosive ending.

 

J. Houston Gordon, in his first novel, takes the reader on a fast-paced journey filled with mystery, danger, death, romance, courage and hope.

Grab your favorite chair, a cool drink, sit back and get caught up in the adventure.
J. Houston Gordon
The Author

Though the author calls himself a "small town lawyer," he is anything but.  Seen by his clients as a "gunfighter" and recognized nationally as one of "the best lawyers in America" (Naifeh and Smith, Harvard Law School,  The Best Lawyers In America, Woodward/White, 1984-2006), he earns his living representing ordinary and extraordinary people in the "pit."

At age 60, Houston Gordon, has had varied and rich life experiences.  After a ‘spartan’ childhood on a farm in rural Tennessee, he became a student athlete, educated in public schools.  Working his way through college and law school as laborer, truck driver, pipeline worker, electrician's helper, dormitory and library assistant, and farm worker, he graduated twice from the University of Tennessee with bachelor and law degrees.  He also holds a graduate law degree from George Washington University. 

After four years as Captain in the Army, he returned to small town life, but not a small town law practice.  For thirty-two years, he has been prosecutor,  defense counsel, or courtroom advocate for individuals and small businesses.  He has left his stamp on landmark state and federal cases, including the appellate defense of Lieutenant William Calley, convicted in the Mai Lai massacre in Vietnam. 

He has served as President of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers, lecturer at the University of Tennessee's College of Trial Advocacy, Trustee of the University of Tennessee's statewide system (Vice-Chair), and was the Chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party.  He was the 1996 Democratic nominee for Tennessee's United States Senate seat.

Neighbors, clients, and friends describe him as:  "persistent,” "passionate,” "risk-taking,” "having a commanding presence and uncanny perception,” "possessing a love of history, roots and place,” "wise,” "determined,” genuine,” down-to-earth" and "compassionate".  Houston Gordon's heroes are his grandfather, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln.

Calling upon his varied life experiences, including extensive travel through the world, he weaves lessons from real life into his work, whether it is talking to a jury, lecturing to college students, speaking on the campaign trail, telling stories to his sons, or writing. 

He and his wife have three grown children, and they live on an 80-acre farm in Tipton County, Tennessee where his sense of history and place is reflected in their home, "Havenhall."