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Fiction. Literature. Western. Historical Fiction. They called him . . . Preacher. He came west to the Rockies as a young runaway and grew into a legend among the already legendary frontier mountain men. They called him Preacher-a name that would become a monument to all who sought adventure in the savage wilderness of America's untamed west. The only man with the skills to lead a wagon train on the last leg of the rugged Oregon trail, Preacher knows they're headed into trouble. It's hard show more enough for a hundred greenhorns to survive the wilds of the northwest; being pursued by thieving renegade outlaws and Indians with a thirst for gold-and blood-makes it damn near impossible. Somehow, Preacher has to get these pilgrims through safely-if he doesn't want to end up buried along the trail with the rest of them . . . show lessTags
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Preacher is a mountain man, a wanderer, trapper, and a fighter as the need arises. When he finds himself in charge of a wagon train of clueless eastern pilgrims, he must put all his cunning, knowledge, and experience into play, in order to keep himself and his charges from dying at the hands of renegade Blackfeet and murdering outlaws.
I enjoyed this story, and look forward to reading another in the series.
I enjoyed this story, and look forward to reading another in the series.
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William W. Johnstone was born in Southern Missouri on October 28, 1938. He quit school when he was fifteen to join a carnival, but went back and finished high school in 1957. He worked as a deputy sheriff, spent time in the army, and then went into radio broadcasting, where he worked for sixteen years. He started writing in 1970, but was his first show more book, The Devil's Kiss, was not published until late 1979. He wrote over 200 books during his lifetime including the Ashes series, Code Name series, Mountain Man series, The First Mountain Man series, and Eagles series. Two of his books, Eagle Down and Dagger, were written under the pen name of William Mason. He died on February 8, 2004 at the age of 65. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The First Mountain Man
- Original title
- The First Mountain Man
- Original publication date
- 1991
- Disambiguation notice
- ISBN 1558175652 is a paperback; not the graphic audio version [ISBN 1599503859].
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