Shamrock

Jeremiah Maynard, a Confederate veteran haunted by the carnage of the war and his own survival, continues to drift aimlessly westward but no matter how far he gets he can't outdistance his memories. He is searching for purpose and a new start. He stops off in the frontier town of Shamrock, and finds himself elected Sheriff charged with maintaining the peace in a land that respects only the law out of the barrel of a gun. He faces many challenges, but to his surprise settles in and finds love and the peace he is looking for.The story is about the impact of Post Traumatic Stress on people's lives and what it takes to deal with it. Obviously the American Civil War was a huge source of trauma, but any catastrophic event can also result in the same. The impact of war has always been known, but we are only becoming more aware of other, less cataclysmic sources of trauma. By juxtaposing the sources, the story highlights the similarities.