A Spur Award–winning Author These are the men and women who risked their lives for freedom, justice, and a dream. This is the story of America. Western Missouri. Army scout Jack Gregory returns from battle to a homestead in ruins. A wanted man with no place to go, he becomes a scout for General George Armstrong Custer in the Seventh Cavalry ― until Custer’s disastrous leadership ends in slaughter. Winning a small ranch in a card game, he hopes to settle down to a peaceful life. But with the Cheyenne nation rising up to defend their land, there can be no peace for a scout like Jack.
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About the Author:
A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, S.K. Salzer’s first novel, Up From Thunder, a tale of the Civil War Missouri featuring the young Jesse James, was published in 2010. Salzer’s short story “Cornflower Blue” won the 2009 Spur Award from Western Writers of America (WWA) for short fiction and the 2010 John Newman Edwards Award from the Friends of the James Farm. Salzer’s short story, “The Saint of Pox Island,” published in the March/April 2012 issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, was a finalist in WWA’s 2013 short fiction competition. S.K. lives in Missouri.
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- PublisherThorndike Press
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1410481611
- ISBN 13 9781410481610
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages442
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