Grahamite publishes second book, OPOMAC to host book signing

Graham resident Bill Alcorn has published his second book in his Butterfield Trail series with his newest children’s novel “The Lost Letter on the Butterfield Trail.” The Old Post Office Museum and Art Center will host a book signing with the author from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 20.

This novel will follow up Alcorn’s first “A Ride on the Butterfield Trail” which was published in late 2017.

“It’s a new school year and Ed and Jimmy have made friends with sisters Maggie and Grace. While off on an adventure along the Brazos River, the four friends discover a broken-down, abandoned stagecoach partially submerged in the river,” the second novel’s back cover reads. “Inside the coach is a sealed jug containing a lost letter. Can the friends solve the mystery of the lost letter? Join Ed, Jimmy, Maggie, and Grace as they set off for a new adventure on the Butterfield Trail.”

Alcorn said he spent a lot of time researching The Butterfield Trail which was used for mail delivery twice weekly in the late 1850s’ and had stops throughout Northern Texas including Young County.

“I had never wrote a book about anything and I thought ‘well, why not give it a try,’” he said.

Alcorn, 80, said he was born between Graham and Loving around Flint Creek and spent all but a couple years of his life in Young County. He said his family plays a large role in his life.

“We have got a big family and they have come and gone through the years,” Alcorn said. “...Our grandkids have stayed with us a lot and like all kids they like for you to tell them stories. So, my wife and I every night we had to tell them a story about something. (...)That’s where all this storytelling came in.”

For the rest of the story, see the Wednesday, July 17 edition of The Graham Leader.