Good Oak Press, LLC

Good Oak Press, publisher of authors Gayle Martin and Marina Martindale.

Rosie's Riveting Recipes, a historic cookbook.

What Readers Have to Say

Recipes sprinkled with interesting home-front history. A wonderful supplement for back-to-basics cooking.  -- Margaret Turley, R.N., editor, Cauldron of Love,Writers United to Fight Cancer Cookbook

Imagine the government how much food you could buy. Strange as it may sound, it actually happened. During the second world war, America's food was rationed. Rosie's Riveting Recipes takes readers back to a glimpse of life during World War II, when families had to make more from less. With over 180 historic ration recipes, historic posters, and short tales of life on American home front,Rosie's Riveting Recipes truly is an interactive history book.


The Luke and Jenny Series of Historical Novels

What Readers Have to Say

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral addresses the concepts of what makes a human being good. The story made me think about who I am, and who I want to be.  -- Alex Cord, award-winning TV actor and author of A Feather in the Rain


A nice follow-up to the first book. I recommend Billy the Kid and the Lincoln  County War to anyone with a sense of adventure.  -- Tom Lambke, author of I Just Am...A Story of Down Syndrome Awareness and Tolerance 


The reader is treated to an accurate view of the notorious James-Younger Gang as seen through the eyes of two youngsters. What a great way for people to learn history.  -- Marshall Trimble, Official Arizona State Historian and author of Wyatt Earp: Showdown at Tombstone

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Luke and his sister Jenny aren't overly excited when they first learn of their mother's plans to take them to Tombstone, Arizona as part of their vacation. That changes in a hurry when the ghost of the Swamper, the Grand Hotel handyman, takes them back to the 1880s and they learn the real story of this infamous shoot out.

Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War

Luke and Jenny's next stop is the historic town of Lincoln, New Mexico. As a thunderstorm brews they quickly realize things aren't as they seem. The ghost of Paul, a young 19th century buffalo soldier, sweeps them back in time where the come face-to-face with the notorious Billy the Kid.

Riding with the James Gang

While camping out on their great-grandmother's front porch at her Missouri farm, Luke and Jenny's sweet dreams are interrupted when the ghost of Kate, a 19th century farm girl, suddenly appears. She takes them on another adventure back in time where they learn about the notorious outlaws Frank and Jesse James