Review
"Richard Wheeler is among the best of [the] modeern Western novelists."
--Rocky Mountain News
"Richard S. Wheeler's writing exemplifies literary effort that will stand the test of time. He brings a fresh direction to the historical novel, binding the strength of the land into his characters yet touching their hearts with compassion and understanding."
--Earl P. Murray, author of Free Flows the River
Product Description
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 Valley of western Montana, where the Quakers intend to begin a mission to the Indians. The Skyes discover that Dr. Sitgreaves, far from being a soft man, has a backbone of steel, and it takes steel to found a mission in the wilds.