East of Edin is a fictional account of Cain's (Kayin) travels from the Garden of Eden (Edin) to the Land of Nod (Nud). The book outlines the challenges and trials which a primitive man might have faced on a long and dangerous trip. East of Edin isn't...
Retribution is a true-to-life western tale about the quest of one man who suffers the loss of his family at the hands of murderers and how he responds to the task of finding the killers and bringing them to justice. Most western books have a few page...
A Killing in Dogwood is a fictional account of the murder of a young child in a small Missouri town somewhat modeled after the town in which I grew up. This is a classic whodunit mystery with a cast of suspects, each of whom might have the temperamen...
The Cattlemen is a western novel based on the relationship between Bill Brubaker and Bud Baxter, childhood friends who share the dream of becoming cattlemen. The friends grew up on adjoining farms in the Huzzah Valley in central Missouri, left home t...
The Texican is a fictional account of one man's experiences during the middle to late 19th century in Texas. Honks Pickens decided to kill two Apache that stole his cattle; an ill-advised decision that led to the Indians killing his family and a seri...
Isaiah “Ike” Branson left Potosi, Missouri, at age seventeen to find his fortune in the West and brought the Ozarks’ culture of honesty, loyalty, and courage with him.Ike works as a cowhand, a teamster, and finally as a Deputy U.S. Marshal. The...
Rebecca Joan Thacker had just celebrated her eleventh birthday when word was received that her father had been killed in the Civil War. She was barely thirteen when two bushwhackers dragged her into the barn on the family farm and raped her. The mont...
Tipi Morris was a twelve year old girl and part of a wagon train headed west. She was up early and went into a draw, leading her foal, Sundance, to relieve herself and let him graze. While she was hidden from sight, Indians attacked the wagon train a...
William Martin Bill Stewart left Missouri to find his fortune. Along the way he worked as a cow puncher, range detective, town marshal, sheriff, and U.S. marshal. In each job, he is forced into conflicts with the Indian.Finally his skills as an India...
The Bounty Hunter - The Legend Begins is the story of Peter Spike Davis, who leaves his parents' Missouri farm to find his fortune in the West.By happenchance, he stumbles upon the role of hunting men for the reward on their heads, and discovers he h...
The Bounty Hunter - The Wheelers Continues the saga of Peter Spike Davis as he attempts to change his life from bounty hunting to running a horse ranch.The Wheelers that Spike caught, and put in jail to stand trial, broke out, and vowed to kill Spike...
The Native Land II continues the story of the western migration on the Santa Fe Trail. This time the story deals with the Oliver Rogers family and their decision to use the Cimarron Cutoff.After they are attacked by Indians, and their numbers reduced...
Allen accepted an operation to Veracruz Province in Mexico to terminate an American citizen who was an arms dealer. The operation becomes convoluted, and his former Navy SEALs friends are brought in to extradite him and his pardner.When he returns to...
The story of Hannibal Brinks and Stumpy Smith continues.Hannibal and Stumpy travel to Kansas and purchase Amos, a prized shorthorn bull to breed their cattle.Rustlers try to steal the prize bull, and pay for their folly at the end of a rope on a gian...