Mike McDowell

The Rifle and the Rose Mike McDowell

The "Rifle and the Rose" is the real-life love story of Robert C. Elliott who met and fell in love with Elizabeth Campbell, and the eternal love of Robert's parents, Jane Gaston and William Elliott. This story begins during the time of the Revolutionary War and continues through America's second war of independence, the War of 1812, and the settlement of the southern part of the Indiana Territory where Abraham Lincoln grew up during his youth. Their love was real, and their love stories were based on facts gleaned from historical, genealogical, and Elliott family letters, documents, and passed down oral history. Their factual stories are enhanced by fictional characters, events, and the realities of the times during the early part of the 19th Century, and the settlement of the Indiana Territory.