As a young man, Richard Wheeler had a clear goal. He wanted to be a newsman, and maybe even a pundit, contributing his ideas to the commonwealth. But his life turned into a series of disasters, and by
Jay Warren, Harvard, 1876, discovers that his father, Tecumseh, has left him some cash and a rail ticket to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Also a note that says the West is a good place to make something of himse
Thomas Francis Meagher -- " Meagher of the Sword" -- was already an Irish revolutionary legend when he arrived in New York in 1851. He studied law, married a wealthy New York woman, engaged in Tamma
In this newest of Richard Wheeler's Barnaby Skye chronicles, the earthy deserter from the Royal Navy, now a trapper, guide, and magnet for adventure, collects his Crow Indian wife Many Quills Woman (
The enchanting story of a vaudeville troupe that makes its way to Western mining towns, from reknowned master of the Western novel, Richard S. Wheeler.The cowboys, gold miners, outlaws, gunmen, prosti
A tawdry travelling medicine show is the last place you'd expect to find frontier scout Barnaby Skye and his two wives, But he's been hired to guide the caravan across the dangerous Sante Fe Trail. An
From six-time Spur Award-winning author, Richard S. Wheeler, two tales of strength in the face of adversity- Easy Pickings and The First Dance at one low price.Easy PickingsLife hasn’t always been eas
Lewis and Clark: forever paired for their epochal first crossing of the continent in 1804-1806, darlings of the young republic, and the pride of Thomas Jefferson because they made his dream of a natio
It is 1832, six years after he deserted the Royal Navy, when Barnaby Skye has a chance to return to England to clear his name and take up employment with the Hudson's Bay Company. But "Mister Skye," a
During a trip back to the village of his Crow wife, Victoria, she is abducted by a deadly band of Blackfeet, and Skye must risk his life to rescue her, following a trail that takes him back to Canada,
Two stories of renowned American explorers in one low-priced edition, from master of the western novel Richard S. WheelerSnowboundAmerican explorer John Frémont embarks on a quest to find a railway ro
Two complete novels from a master of the Western novel Richard S. Wheeler, in one low-priced editionThe Far TribesElkanah Morse came west from Lowell, Massachusetts with one goal in mind: to study the
Barnaby Skye, along with his wives, agrees to take a Quaker missionary, Dr.William Penn Sitgreaves, his wife Abigail who accompanies him reluctantly, and his party, to Owen's Fort in the Bitterroot V
Along the Oregon Trail, a war party of Lakota Sioux rob Con Brann of all that he holds dear—his horses and, more devastatingly his lovely daughter Hester. Only Mister Skye, guide and scou
Against his better judgement, Mister Skye agrees to guide a British nobleman and his entourage through the Montana Territory on a buffalo hunt, but there is trouble for the dandy caravan when the arro
In this powerful biographical novel, Richard Wheeler—winner of the Owen Wister Lifetime Achievement Award and five Spur Awards—tells the amazing tale of the American explorer and her
Bannack is the third novel in the acclaimed Skye’s West series following mountain man Barnaby Skye, from six-time Spur Award-winning author Richard S. WheelerIf Barnaby Skye had not wanted the new Hen
"One of the greatest Western writers around today" (Publishers Weekly), Spur Award-winning author Richard S. Wheeler continues his iconic Skye's West series with The Far Tribes.There are many legends
Two Skye's West novels by Spur Award-winner and legendary Western writer Richard S. Wheeler in one volume.The Canyon of BonesMountain man Barnaby Skye takes work guiding wealthy Englishman Graves Merc
There are many legends of great mountain men, hunters and trappers who manage to survive on their own in the harsh landscapes and forests of the West. The frontier is full of adversity, from blood-hu
