Tom Townsend
   Award winning author
 

   Fifth place on the Blue Bonnet Award  

    Second place for Women in Film &     Television  Screenplay  Competition    

         Winner  of           

   Friends of American writers Award 

                                       

 

 email:   tom@tomtownsend-toyland.com  

Phone:  713-502-4377                          3123  CR  2407                     Rusk, TX 75785

         School and Library Tours        

 

Books by Tom Townsend

               Click on the book to read an excerpt

  • The Pirate Hunter      
  •  When twelve-year-old Peter Bartholemew's reclusive cousin dies, leaving him a metal detector
  •   and cryptic clues to a buried treasure, Peter and his friend Vin set sail for the mysterious Black Jack Island.  But things get  complicated  when they encounter a ghost and real pirates.
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  • The Ballad Of Ol' Hook   
  • Four teenagers and a bull growing up in a little Texas town, loving rodeo and struggling to make it in the big times.  Sixth grade and up reading level.

 

              Historical Fiction

  • Where The Pirates Are   Where the Pirates Are THE DARK SHIPS   Powderhorn Passage                                                                                                                      
  • The Dark Ships                 
  • Powderhorn Passage   
  • Series set in Galveston in the days of the Texas Republic; 2 boys, a girl, and  a dog
  •   look for treasure on Galveston Bay. Fourth grade reading level.
  • The Ghost Flyers     THE GHOST FLYERS   
  • Based on the early UFO sightings  in East Texas. Fourth grade and up reading level.
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  • The Hooligans            
  • Seven orphans help sink a German submarine during World War II.  Fourth grade and up reading level.
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  • Gypsy Prince, War Horse    
  • A young German soldier and his horse struggle to survive World War II.  Sixth grade and up reading level.
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  • Nadia Of The Night Witches   Nadia Of The Night Witches    
  • The story of  Russian women who flew light bombers during World War II.  Seventh grade and up reading level.
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  • A Fair Wind To Glory   A Fair Wind To Glory  
  • The Texas Navy prevents the re-supply of Santa Anna's army during the Texas Revolution.  Seventh grade and up reading.
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  • Battle of Galveston                   
  • During the Civil War, a young boy fights in the Battle of Galveston. Fourth  grade and up reading.

 

 

           Adult Series

  • Panzer Spirit    PANZER SPIRIT             
  • Death and destruction shadow an American Army base in Germany when a rare
  • Nazi Jagdpanther tank is discovered intact in a nearby forest.  
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  • Reichbahn Six-Nine      
  • The continued adventures  of Jim and Sherrie  when a treasure laden
  •  Nazi train is discovered at the bottom of a Bavarian lake.  

 

 

 

            Adventure Series

                  

 

 

  • Bubba's Truck  BUBBA'S TRUCK      
  • This book shows how differently the heroes in Viet Nam War  and the Gulf War
  • were treated when they came home.  Sixth grade and up reading.
 

     Non-fiction

  • Texas Treasure Coast   Texas Treasure Coast       
  • A history of sunken ships, buried treasure and ghost towns on the
  • Texas Gulf Coast. Seventh grade and up reading. 

 

 

            

       Coming Appearances                                                                                                                     Tom  Townsend

 

Texas State railroad Military event  in Palestine,  TX  May
 

 

                      Ferret              

Tom at a book signing       On a movie set         Relaxing at home with Cin Cin

 

 

        School  programs & tours

Jan's Toyland Farm

Toyland Combat Vehicles

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