The Arrowhead

About the Book

The Arrowhead is the story of Beau Kittridge, a young man who returns to his brother, father, and ranch he left for his education with family back East. Thinking he’d stay just a short while before moving on to a job in Colorado, Beau instead gets involved in a generation-old feud that threatens to bankrupt the family ranch. The fight for pride and property involves the discovery of a hidden canyon, gun play, stolen horses, and the kindness of Amy Duffy, daughter of the General Store proprietor.

About the Author

G.A. (Art) Bartel was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1923. He spent Saturday afternoons at local movie theaters where for ten cents he acquired a taste for westerns that he’s never lost. Bartel left the University of Iowa to enlist in the Army after Pearl Harbor. He was a Ranger in Europe, where he was wounded twice, won the Silver and Bronze Stars for valor, and spent nine months in the hospital recovering from his wounds. After the war, he returned to Council Bluffs, where he currently lives with his wife, Colleen. Their three sons were entertained on family camping trips by tales of their father’s life as a cowboy. Art’s son Tom has been a newspaper and magazine editor and publisher in Minneapolis for thirty years. His love for story telling came both from his father and from all the books he read on the camping trips while his father and brothers were off riding those stupid horses. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife Kristin. They have two children, Matt and Jane, who both provide constant amusement to their loving parents.