Posts Categorized: Historical

Arrow in the Dust By

Arrow in the Dust It's 1869. A wagon train of restless, rootless men and women moves through a death-infested wasteland to a life in Oregon the settlers hope might be a little better than the one they've left behind.

"For those who enjoy a blood and thunder novel, Arrow in the Dust will provide thrills and chills." Lexington Herald

Wine of Violence By

Wine of Violence "This novel has an immediacy that will shock some readers...the poignancy of the love story calls to mind Ernest Hemingway." New York Herald-Tribune

Reardon took women as they were -- and in wartime Europe, they were like snowflakes in a blizzard.

A Crooked Trail By

A Crooked Trail The Story Of A Thousand-mile Saddle Trip Up And Down The Texas Frontier In Pursuit Of A Runaway Ox

A steer named Old Lep wanders off into the wildlands, pursued by a barefooted farmboy, beginning an epic pursuit that carries past pioneer cabins, through forests and mountain glens, by ranches and frontier forts until it becomes a great marching cavalcade of cattle and horses and armed and mounted men.

"A vivid, thrilling narrative. The story is intensely interesting." Boston Globe

The Captive Witch By

The Captive Witch Rifleman and woodsman Adam Frane, wintering alone in the forests of Kentucky, rescues a white girl from the Cherokees who kidnapped her as a child.

"Van Every is among the best historical novel writers of our day and this is his best yet." Lewiston Sun-Journal

Ghost Gold By

Ghost Gold When the ranchers rush into the Sagebrush bank, the safe is gaping open, $40,000 in gold is missing, the cashier is dead, and Bill Saxon, a cowboy from Texas, is unconscious on the floor with a gun in his hand. Was Saxon part of the robbery crew? Is he a murderer? Saxon must prove his innocence amidst a range war between the gunmen of the Diamond Spread and local nesters.