A Trail Revisited

About the Book

The story brings the reader to the Western frontier during the post-Civil War era. Robin, a half breed Texas Ranger, after being reunited with his father, was living and working on the huge BBC ranch. While there he received a letter from friends who had aided him in the past, requesting his help with a rustling problem in Missouri. He and a friend left the Northwest Territory as early as possible in order to avoid the snows of winter and to return the favor. They were both completely unaware that they would become embroiled in a confl ict between a power hungry, brilliantly devious madman who was attempting to gain control of the small valley and the people that lived there. Before the surprising conclusion of this story you will fi nd the Ranger and his friends required to face personal danger, confl icting moral decisions, love and all of its complexities, and diffi cult decisions to make between duty and loyalty. Not only will you fi nd a diversity of characters, but also attempts to deal with the clash of cultures between the Sioux and Arapahoe Nations as the European population push themselves onto sacred hunting grounds in search of gold or land. These were hard times and hard men lived them, and after losing everything they owned at the close of the Civil War, many men would willingly kill if an opportunity to regain a place they can call their own presented itself.

About the Author

I was born in 1941 in what was then a rural suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Graduating from high school in 1959, by the skin of my teeth, and in 1960, enlisted in the United States Army, honorably discharged in 1963. Using the G.I. Bill, I earned my bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University. In 1995, I found, a little bit late in life, my true love and best friend. There have been so many different jobs that I’ve worked at that I can barely remember them all. Didn't matter to me much what the job was. I did it with a will and felt lucky to have it. I don't remember every job, but I do remember every dog that I was lucky enough to have come into my life. Currently I live in a rural community on about a dozen acres. Keeps me busy taking care of the place and cleaning up after what was a trash-littered eyesore. It is now a healthy, growing, and productive habitat, and I'm not done yet. Life is such a joy and there’s so much beauty in it all. I'm going to try to live to be at least 120 years old or die trying. It's all there to love and enjoy. I'm not much of a churchgoer as my church is around me 24/7. We're all part of all of it—live it and love it, it’s all good.