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Eyes like sky is the story of a wagon train heading West. Kate, with the truth shining in her blue eyes like a beacon, loves everything about the West but cannot accept duplicity in those she meets. Her and her father along with five other families on the wagon train have what they think is clear title to an existing ranch. Complications exist on the trip and upon their arrival.
One complication is the scout hired to guide them, he prefers to keep parts of him hidden, then necessity forces him to hide even more. Kate wants to be a Westerner, but she has to modify her principles to fit the sometimes brutal reality of the West.
Kate also has to be able to rectify her growing feelings with the scout along with the parts hidden and the somewhat ruthless nature of his past.
One complication is the scout hired to guide them, he prefers to keep parts of him hidden, then necessity forces him to hide even more. Kate wants to be a Westerner, but she has to modify her principles to fit the sometimes brutal reality of the West.
Kate also has to be able to rectify her growing feelings with the scout along with the parts hidden and the somewhat ruthless nature of his past.
The Fated Winchester is about a boy who runs away after killing his father while trying to save his mother. He seeks to hide by getting on the orphan train and being indentured at a cattle ranch. Instead he ends up with a drunken Wyoming sheep owner at a time when big cattle ranches ruled the range. The story chronicles the times a gold plated Winchester saves his life. Meanwhile during his struggle to grow and make a life for himself he is tied to man that would rather drink and gamble.
Like most of those orphaned, the real importance in life lies in whom we place our trust and a little luck. Luck and trust happens by way of Basque sheep-men and during the worse winter on record when he has to share his meager Shepard’s home with stranded pilgrims
Like most of those orphaned, the real importance in life lies in whom we place our trust and a little luck. Luck and trust happens by way of Basque sheep-men and during the worse winter on record when he has to share his meager Shepard’s home with stranded pilgrims
Nothing could erase the smile etched on the face of the convict named Rock. The heat of the summer Arizona sun beating on his bare back, blood trickling from the six-inch bullwhip gash on his back, the sound of a dozen mauls smashing rocks, the dust; all were testament to the deck stacked against him and reasons not to smile. After killing two men amid blazing gunfire, Rock was convicted and sent to Yuma Prison. During his sentence a hired assassin and another died at Rock’s hands. After eleven years struggling to retain his smile, with calloused hands and a scarred back he became a free man. Rock was free; but he would find upon his return home the odds were still against him. A greater fight was in the offing with the judge that sent him to prison and who now occupied Rock’s home. Once a convict, how would he maintain his smile through the turmoil of finding a woman he could build a life with, only to have her walk away.
Throughout his fight to regain what was his, as well as a woman’s trust, he creates a strong friendship with reservation runaways and some good-hearted cowboys. In the end he will rely on his friendships during ambushes, gunfights and stampedes to try and take back what was his.
Throughout his fight to regain what was his, as well as a woman’s trust, he creates a strong friendship with reservation runaways and some good-hearted cowboys. In the end he will rely on his friendships during ambushes, gunfights and stampedes to try and take back what was his.
The five-star ranch is a collection of short stories set in the old West. Stories about a runaway befriended and growing up on a ranch, of a rancher realizing he has nobody to take over after he is gone, a story of a lad traveling westward and coming to the aid of an Indian boy on the way. Other stories include a son sent West to gain insight, a lad leaving his farming roots and learning what he really wanted was right in his own backyard. Other stories include love lost and found, a story about growing up cowboy, being cheated, gaining love and retribution. A Story about loss of a family to disease and using a wild herd of horses to help in the healing process and several others.
While some recognized their duty and went to fight in the war between the North and South, others intended to make a profit by staying behind. As fifteen year-old Amy grabbed Lance’s sleeve she knew she was heading off a fight between him and four of the Keating boys. That night after the dance, Lance would be heading south to fight in the war for the Union Army, Amy figured he didn’t need to start off fighting with four of the no-account Keating bunch. She had secretly loved Lance for some time. He knew he was going off to war and realized he may never make it back. Before he rode out, she blurted out her love for him. Lance recalled what his mother had taught them both; love happens when there is honesty and trust. He spoke of no promises for the future, without illusion he was going to fight in a war. While Lance is fighting a war with confederates and renegade Indians in the Territory of New Mexico, another battle is waging back home with those taking advantage of a weakened community. Lance becomes battle tested and finds love in Maria, daughter at the Valesquez hacienda. With the war coming to an end, Lance begins to realize the lack of trust or honesty he has with Maria. He decides to make the long trek home to Wyoming and upon his arrival finds that his battles are not yet over. The small town he calls home is not the same as he left it. Along with the few good folks left in Buford, Lance will attempt to set things right and find the trust and honesty he has been seeking all along.
"The Hangman" is the second book in a series of three books featuring short stories set in the old West. "The Hangman" is a retired lawman looking for a more peaceful life, instead he brands a couple of rustlers on his approach to the ranch he wants to buy. Other stories include war veterans trying to sort out the pain of war and getting relief from a child. There are stories of orphans, children who are left on their own and their survival. Stories of a "Hanging Judge" that has a sense of humor and justice. In all cases, in the end there is redemption, justice and of course, love.
The Orphan Train ran from 1854 until 1929, according to records at the Monroe County Library in Sparta, Wisconsin, the train stopped taking children from the Sparta facility in 1933. The Orphan Train idea was born in New York which had about 30,000 street orphans in 1854. It is estimated, from 150,000 to 250,000 children from large cities east of the Mississippi were sent west and south on trains to be adopted or indentured.
Love in the Amish community has rigid boundaries, speaking out by females in church or meeting is forbidden. In this story, from the outset, Sarianna is at odds with the Bishop of a small and strict Swartzentruber Amish district.Sarianna breaks the Amish mold. In a male dominated society she is willing to stand up for children and those abused. In the Amish community one does not stand up, one blends in or one is deemed bold. If one is bold, they suffer a fate worse than shunning; gossip, isolation, and rejection for an undetermined time. Sarianna further tests the ordinances when she falls in love with an English.
Spirit Mountain is a collection of three short books. Conway, in “Spirit Mountain,” runs away as a child and is captured by Indians who then give him to a mountain man. In the story “Knife,” he is abducted as a child, raised by a paid keeper, sold to pirates with orders to kill; he escapes and ends up in the hands of the Comanche. Lance Roman in “The Peacemaker” goes off to fight with the British, returns to find his love is married with children, devastated he heads west to trap in
order to get away.
Introduction to “Spirit Mountain.”
order to get away.
Introduction to “Spirit Mountain.”
Lonesome Valley is the first short story in this book. The characters include a retired army captain devastated by the loss of his wife and child, he is looking for lonesome. She has lost everything, together they fight to reclaim their lives. Other stories in the book include a wizened old sheriff and a young couple needing a start in life. A story about a woman that buys a ranch and needs help to save it. A retired sheriff and bounty hunter whose early life in an orphanage changes his life and a woman that is hell-bent on assassinating the one she thinks responsible for killing her brothers. In Desert Wind, the hero finds he doesn't like the loneliness of the desert after all and finds a gal seemingly tied to the desert. In 'Wishbone' the anger is taken out of the hero by children. In the last story of this series, 'The Anthill', the hero searches high and low for a bride but needs to be staked to an anthill in order to find her. The story, 'Cookie', parallel's my background at the WCC, the character was taken from a kid that I knew who was much like the hero, Cookie.
"Walking Mountain-Shadow Spirit" is about a thirteen-year-old runaway that has listened to many stories of mountain men and believes living in the mountains would be preferred to living at home. Tired of the exclusion at home he successfully lives on his own in the mountains until he is badly injured. He is helped to heal by Walking Mountain, a giant Ute outcast. Free from the constraints of his home he attempts to tame and rear any and all animals he comes in contact with.The travels of the twosome are spoken about in spirit terms by White and Native communities. The relationship endures though they are set upon several times, one time saved by a pet skunk. When the pet lions mature and Walking Mountain is wounded the boy decides to go on the warpath.
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