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Author
Publisher
Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
239 p.
Language
English
Description
"On a lonely road in a remote desert stands a roadhouse. Formerly a home station on a now abandoned stagecoach route, it is the only source of water and supplies for miles. Accommodations are crude adearnd coarse, the hospitality rough and raw, the proprietor boorish and vulgar. Travelers are few and far between, and almost all must stop for water-which comes at a price. A mounted mail carrier who visits the roadhouse with some regularity suspects...
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
245 p.
Language
English
Description
"The new life they find in New Mexico is not what the Pate and Lewis families hoped for. Driven by disagreements with their father, eldest sons Richard and Melvin abandon the Pate family to join eastbound freighters on the Santa Fe Trail, an antidote that provides no relief. Younger brother Abel works with his father to build a ranching empire atop the Pajarito Plateau, while the Lewis family establishes a thriving mercantile network in Santa Fe and...
Author
Publisher
Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
214 p.
Language
English
Description
"January 29, 1863. United States Army troops attack a Shoshoni village on the banks of the Bear River in what is now southeastern Idaho. Four hours later, the army abandons the field, leaving behind the dead bodies of some three hundred men, women, and children. This all-but-forgotten massacre stands today as the worst killing of Indians by the military in the history of the American West. In the pages of And the River Ran Red, four-time Spur Award-winning...