Three classic western novels set in the merciless Pacific Northwest frontier in the 1800s.
THE CABIN AT TRAIL’S END by Sheba Hargreaves
Winner of the Oregon State Historical Society Award for Best Novel
The opening novel in Sheba Hargreaves beloved Oregon Pioneer trilogy is back in print for the first time in over 70 years. It’s the unforgettable story of the Bainbridge family, who arrive in Oregon’s Willamette Valley in 1843, and their heroic struggle to survive against seemingly insurmountable hardships to make new lives for themselves in a beautiful but unforgiving new land.
“A convincing and authentic picture of Oregon’s pioneer days.” Detroit Free Press
“An exciting, colorful, and dependable picture of pioneer life in Oregon.” San Bernardino Sun
“It is history glowing with life and color that conveys a striking moral lesson. And it is entertainment for all minds not too jaded and not too indifferent to the blessedness of simple living and plain, unadorned courage and self-sacrifice.” Spokane Chronicle
THE GLORIOUS THREE by June Wetherell
Emily Ashburn lost her husband and children to cholera on the brutal journey west on the Oregon trail. In her grief and loneliness, she marries strong, silent Jim Riley, a man with a murderous secret. Now the couple are making a life for themselves in the wilderness. But they aren’t alone. There’s also frontiersman Zack Trimble and Mariposa, his hot-blooded, half-Indian, teenage lover. The lives of these two couples become intertwined as they struggle for survival against native Americans, warring settlers, the ravages of nature, and their own, uncontrollable passions.
“It has the unmistakable dignity of art. Very few historical novels can make that statement.” New York Times
“Gathers momentum and sweeps on with a racing climax. The author writes vividly and colorfully of the country. There’s a lusty ring of realism to what she writes.” Birmingham News
“A story that will haunt the memory.” Long Beach Press Telegram
“Lusty vigor glows like the brilliant sun in the pages of this superb romance.” Pacific Coast Review
FLAMING CANYON by Walker Tompkins
Del Troy is a cowman with no cows who has come a long, hard way from Texas to Flaming Canyon, the choicest range in Washington state. But he dreams of his own ranch, and every long haul he makes with his Conestoga wagons, brings him closer to achieving it. And just when it seems like it might come true, Bix Herrod, a greedy cattleman backed by ruthless gunmen, wants to take it all from him for his own, roaring herd. Caught in the warfare between them are a pink-eyed, albino cowboy named Whitey Crade, the gunman Fred Bolte, known for his sombrero covered with fishing hooks, and the Roxanna Laranjo, an exotic, raven-haired blackjack dealer full of secrets.
“Few western adventurers, even in fiction, ever met and overcame as many obstacles as Del Troy. Flaming Canyon is a western that has everything, packed with adventure, that reaches a climax that’s scarcely expected by the reader. ” The Columbia Record
June Wetherell, Sheba Hargreaves, Walker Tompkins /
Anthologies, Western
