Leaving Independence
Reeks: Go West, Young Man
William W. Johnstone ; J.A. Johnstone
- Legendary
- national
- bestselling
- Western
- authors
- William
- W.
- Johnstone
- and
- J.A.
- Johnstone
- return
- with
- their
- latest
- installment
- in
- the
- long-running
- First
- Mountain
- Man
- series.Independence,
- Missouri,
- 1865.
- Seasoned
- wagon
- master
- Virgil
- Grissom
- prepares
- to
- lead
- a
- new
- group
- of
- families
- westward
- across
- the
- Oregon
- Trail.
- Among
- them
- are
- struggling
- farmer
- Matt
- Moran,
- his
- wife
- Katie,
- and
- their
- three
- small
- children.
- In
- spite
- of
- the
- long,
- treacherous
- journey
- ahead,
- Grissom
- is
- confident
- that
- this
- solid,
- hard-working
- farmer
- and
- his
- family
- are
- tough
- enough
- to
- endure
- the
- harsh
- elements,
- the
- rugged
- terrain,
- and
- the
- occasional
- run-in
- with
- hostile
- tribes.
- But
- he’s
- not
- so
- sure
- about
- the
- farmer’s
- younger
- brother,
- Clay,
- who
- plans
- to
- catch
- up
- with
- them
- along
- the
- trail.
- Alone.
- Which
- has
- Grissom
- worried
- .
- .
- .On
- the
- Oregon
- Trail,
- a
- lone
- man
- is
- dead
- man.Clay
- Moran
- fought
- hard
- in
- the
- Civil
- War,
- serving
- as
- lieutenant
- in
- the
- US
- Calvary.
- Now
- that
- Robert
- E.
- Lee
- has
- surrendered,
- Clay
- is
- free
- to
- head
- west
- with
- his
- brother’s
- family.
- Problem
- is,
- the
- wagon
- train
- has
- left
- Independence
- already—and
- Clay
- has
- to
- go
- it
- alone.
- Luckily,
- the
- army
- let
- him
- keep
- his
- horse.
- But
- when
- a
- couple
- of
- bushwhackers
- steal
- that
- horse
- and
- all
- his
- money,
- he’s
- left
- high
- and
- dry.
- If
- Clay
- hopes
- to
- catch
- up
- with
- the
- wagon
- train,
- he’ll
- have
- to
- rely
- on
- his
- wits.
- His
- guts.
- And
- every
- skill
- he
- learned
- in
- the
- war.
- Along
- the
- way,
- he’ll
- have
- to
- do
- things
- a
- man
- should
- never
- have
- to
- do—just
- to
- survive
- .
- .
- .JOHNSTONE
- COUNTRY.
- GO
- WEST,
- LIVE
- FREE,
- OR
- DIE TRYING.
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