Page 2 - The Younger Odyssey

I would like to acknowledge Four States Printing and their entire sta , including Tammy and Roger Clark, Marci, and Linda Cornell for using their respective gifts and talents in connection with the poetry I have written over the many years up to and including “ e Younger Odyssey.” ank you Four State Printing for being there for me.
Also I would like to acknowledge my nephew Randy Wilson who never fails to use his artistic gifts on my behalf when I ask him to, and I have asked him many times. ank you Randy for your beautiful work and labor of love.
And always I acknowledge my wife Judy. As in truth Judy is the backbone of all that I do. What a Godsend she has been and always will be in my life.
I thank God for the blessing you all have been, and continue to be in my life. Sam Weaver
Growing up I was always fascinated with stories of the James-Younger gang of Missouri. eir part in the Civil War and the outlaw years that followed afterward indeed fascinated many.
My image of them was a bunch of gun slinging outlaws that robbed banks and trains till they either got caught or died. History records these truths of their outlaw days. However in studying lesser known accounts in more depth through many years I have come to learn the eventual spiritual side, especially the Youngers, that these men experienced before they left this world.
In “ e Younger Odyssey” I have tried to set down in poem form the lesser known later accounts to go along with better known accounts. To me they are just as fascinating if not more so than their outlaw exploits. e revelation of their latter lives turns out in my mind to be a beautiful testimony of God’s enduring love and grace.
Reader, journey with me through the Younger’s odyssey, and as I did, learn the poetically beautiful REST OF THE STORY.
ank you reader
And may God always bless you
Sam Weaver