Jack Ledger

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  • Author
  • Where Legends Begin
  • The Ledger Dispatches
  • The Last Cavalier
  • The Ballad of Franco Loco
  • The Legionnaire
  • Dragon of the Camargue
  • Beneath The Red Clay
  • Meet the Writer
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    • Author
    • Where Legends Begin
    • The Ledger Dispatches
    • The Last Cavalier
    • The Ballad of Franco Loco
    • The Legionnaire
    • Dragon of the Camargue
    • Beneath The Red Clay
    • Meet the Writer

Jack Ledger

Jack LedgerJack LedgerJack Ledger
  • Author
  • Where Legends Begin
  • The Ledger Dispatches
  • The Last Cavalier
  • The Ballad of Franco Loco
  • The Legionnaire
  • Dragon of the Camargue
  • Beneath The Red Clay
  • Meet the Writer

BENEATH THE RED CLAY Soil remembers what history forgot.

Beneath the Red Clay is the nonfiction arm of the Last Cavalier universe—a curated vault of historical records, overlooked truths, and buried stories that fuel the saga. It’s where readers step beyond the narrative and into the fire.

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Where The Bones Are Buried

This isn’t fiction. It’s the world that made it necessary.


Beneath the Red Clay is a living archive of real historical echoes that inspired the world of Jack Ledger. From secret Confederate dealings in Europe to the lost songs of Bushwhackers, this is the shadow history behind The Last Cavalier saga.


From the economic warfare waged through cotton and blockade runners… to the strange alliance between opium, politics, and international espionage… to the very real figures who shaped the fates of empires from dusty cabins and Bahamian ports—this is the blood-and-bone history behind the fiction.


Every legend has roots. These are ours.

BENEATH THE RED CLAY

Inside the Clay

  • Forgotten letters, telegrams, and dispatches
  • Photographs and battle maps
  • First-hand accounts from nurses, prisoners, and outlaws
  • Economic reports, opium trade logs, and European banking trails
  • The secret history of Queen Isabella II and the Duke of Cádiz
  • How the Confederacy nearly turned Europe into an ally
  • The real Guardians of the Camargue
  • France, Spain, the Bahamas, Missouri, and the myth of neutrality
  • The Rise and Fall of Confederate Opium Rings
  • Washingtonians: The Temperance Warriors Who Rescued Dead Men
  • Interviews with historians (Coming Soon)

Featured

  • The Transatlantic Cotton Conspiracy
  • The Real Battle of Camerone
  • Bloody Bill Anderson: Between Myth and Massacre
  • The Lost Heirs of European Thrones
  • The Rise and Fall of Confederate Opium Rings
  • Washingtonians: The Temperance Warriors Who Rescued Dead Men

Coming soon to subscribers: [ 🔗 Link: Beneath the Red Clay – The Real Story Behind the Smoke ]

 This isn’t fiction. This is what the past buried. And now we’re digging it up.

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 © Mark Ferland writing as Jack Ledger. All rights reserved.
Storylines, characters, and universe materials are protected under U.S. Copyright and WGA registration 


Copyright © 2025 Jack Ledger - All Rights Reserved.

  • Author
  • Where Legends Begin
  • The Ledger Dispatches
  • The Last Cavalier
  • The Ballad of Franco Loco
  • The Legionnaire
  • Dragon of the Camargue
  • Beneath The Red Clay
  • Meet the Writer

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