T. H. Elkman
A Western Novel
Eric H. Heisner
- 1800’s
- American
- West-a
- place
- where
- men
- find
- themselves
- in
- harsh
- and
- cruel
- circumstances
- and
- where
- lives
- are
- short
- lived.
- Where
- women
- are
- hard
- as
- the
- steel
- of
- a
- gun,
- and
- the
- sweet
- burn
- of
- whiskey
- eases
- the
- rough,
- ratted
- edges.
- Where
- death
- is
- a
- pill
- that
- must
- be
- swallowed,
- and
- senses
- are
- developed
- beyond
- true
- human
- comprehension
- .
- .
- .Honest
- work
- on
- the
- frontier
- was
- sometimes
- hard
- to
- acquire.
- Traveling
- independently
- on
- the
- expansive
- road
- through
- the
- west,
- cowboy
- and
- westerner
- Tomas
- H.
- Elkman
- is
- a
- man
- of
- the
- times.
- To
- ease
- the
- loneliness
- of
- the
- trail
- while
- searching
- for
- gainful
- employment,
- Elkman
- warily
- teams
- up
- with
- a
- fight-prone,
- good-timing
- gambler
- by
- the
- name
- of
- Jefferson
- McGredy.This
- strange
- pairing
- of
- men
- is
- hired
- to
- deliver
- an
- assemblage
- of
- horses
- to
- a
- ranch
- in
- the
- untamed
- northern
- territory.
- The
- rancher
- sends
- his
- young
- son,
- Kent
- Martin,
- to
- accompany
- the
- horsemen
- on
- their
- travels
- through
- mountains
- and
- rivers,
- across
- primitive
- landscapes,
- and
- into
- remnants
- of
- mining
- boomtowns.
- The
- journey
- becomes
- a
- constant
- challenge
- to
- their
- moral
- fiber
- as
- they
- face
- the
- overwhelming
- hardships
- of
- hostile
- weather,
- rustlers,
- and
- natives
- .
- .
- .T.
- H.
- Elkman
- is
- a
- story
- of
- frontier
- grit,
- moral
- simplicity,
- individuality
- and
- consequential
- violence
- in
- the
- American
- West.Skyhorse
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