Keith R. Baker Books In Order

Publication Order of Longshot Books

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Publication Order of Anthologies

Keith R. Baker is an accomplished published author.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were working class that were of Irish and German descent. The first paid writing job that he managed to secure was with a group of syndicated suburban newspapers located in the Chicago area. He was twenty-three years old when he was awarded a 1st Place from the Illinois Newspaper Association.

Keith was constantly searching for a way not to be bored. He has tried out different occupations in different industries that extend to insurance, construction, pharmaceutical manufacturing, teaching, public speaking, food manufacturing and distribution, and politics. He has also served as an EMT as well as a volunteer firefighter.

His interests extend to genealogical and historical research, but he also notes that he is more comfortable and at home in the outdoors and likes to live in rural settings. He writes novels that are set in such different genres as historical, military, and western, and different facts that he has collected over the course of different decades of research.

He has many different favorite authors that have influenced his writing as well as inspired it. These include Charles Dickens, Willa Cather, James Fennimore Cooper, Kenneth Roberts, J.R.R. Tolkien, A.B. Guthrie, Jr., John Jakes, Frank McCourt, Bernard Cornwell, J.D. Robb, Michael and Jeff Shaara, Peter Bowen, and more.

Longshot in Missouri is the first book in the Longshot series by Keith R. Baker. If you have been looking for a historical fiction story to read, this is a shot all the way back to the nineteenth century!

Main character Rob Finn goes by the name of Longshot, so named for his skill with a precision rifle. He is a man that has unusual qualities. He has an ability to succeed in different missions of spying and assassination.

He is a man that has a deep sense of personal resolve, as well as duty. He also possesses a physical strength that surpasses many other men. Then a tragedy strikes close to home, and Rob must go within himself in order to find the emotional strength that he needs to go on.

His special orders come through his spymaster Allan Pinkerton from Abraham Lincoln. Rob has a problem as he starts to become aware of all of the duplicity in government. He is a man of duty, so he has to follow orders. But he also has honor and a conscience, and must use his own best judgment to figure out what is the truth and what paths he should ultimately follow.

Rob interacts with real figures from history, and events that actually happened are mixed in with the daily lives and the conversations of people who were living in those times that were so dangerous and quickly changing. Follow along with Rob as he does his best to save the things that he believes are really important while doing his best to sort the true from the false beliefs in the confusing environment that was the U.S. Civil War in the year 1862.

Longshot into the West is the second book in the Longshot series by Keith R. Baker. If you liked the first book in this series, be sure to check out the second installment of this adventurous series and see what you think!

He comes with the nickname of an assassin. Against all odds, this Pinkerton may be the last and best chance that the North has when it comes to keeping its gold.

The year is 1862, and the state is Missouri. Rob Longshot Finn understands that when it comes to his grief, it’s not going to bring his wife back from the grave. He wants nothing more than to put tragedy behind him, so he goes to St. Louis so that he can set up a new Pinkerton operation.

Rob is under a lot of pressure when it comes to making sure that he secures the war funding for the Union, as it is vital to the cause. So it becomes the case that he travels the trail West with a companion by his side, the one and only Buffalo Bill, then still a young man.

Moving through terrain that is unfamiliar to him that is full of predators, he and his band find out that the wild frontier is a place that doesn’t necessarily feel that it has to follow the rules. With spies and liars that are working for the different sides of the war, soon Rob’s steadfast belief in his government starts to flicker. Will he be able to follow his own personal principles, keep the gold safe, and manage to keep his name off of being engraved onto a tombstone at the same time?

Check out the second book in the series to find out. It can be read in order or as a standalone. If you enjoy plot twists, things set in the West, and characters that are straight out of history, you are going to really like this book!