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Chase tanner is a peaceful man - until enemies target his woman and friends. They soon learn how tough a peace-loving man can be.Branded a coward and Indian lover for trying to stop some of the slaughter of peaceful Cheyennes and Arapahos at Sand Creek, Chase Tanner must live with his "shame." But he refuses to run, though several members of the Colorado militia keep dogging him with lies, even years after the event. When he falls in love with a Cheyenne and becomes friends with a half-breed and his full-blood wife, things turn to the worse. Tanner turns from fighting to clear his name to fighting for his life and those of his woman and his friends."Legg tells a spellbinding story that pulls you in and keeps your attention." - Reader

IN THE MERCILESS TRENCHES OF A MOUNTAIN WINTER, ONE MAN FACES A DEADLY CHOICE...AND A PAINFUL LOSS.Mountain man Hawley Cooper always does what he believes is right-regardless of the consequences. But this time, his decisions unleash the wrath of family and friends.As consequences loom on the horizon-some deadly, others agonizing-Cooper remains steadfast and embodies his mountain man spirit. Ignoring warnings against interfering in another man's treatment of a woman, he defiantly carries a Nez Perce woman to safety through the heart of yet another punishing winter.But his battles with the Blackfeet are far from done, and they, too, have painful costs.Follow along as one man navigates the treacherous terrain of morality, loyalty, and survival in the unforgiving depths of a mountain winter.

A MOUNTAIN MAN, A WARRIOR, A LEGEND. . .Zack Dobson left St. Louis as a camp helper with a trapping brigade. The boy soon became a trapper-and a man-in the harsh, unforgiving Rocky Mountains. But he became a legend when he sought vengeance against the Comanches who raided the Cheyenne village that had adopted him."Legg tells a spellbinding story that pulls you in and keeps your attention." - ReaderCheyenne Lance is the book that launched John Legg's exciting career as one of the country's premier authors of Western fiction. In this edition of the book, John has extensively revised and rewritten parts in order to provide an even better reader experience and bring to life the characters and story which have provided countless readers with a unique insight into the life and times of a mountain man and a warrior to rival any other ever created in the era. John has included Cheyenne Lance as part of his ongoing Colorado Territory series and hopes readers will enjoy the revised edition as well as the other titles in the series.

THE PREVIOUS TWO WINTERS HAD BEEN HELLACIOUS . . . THIS ONE WOULD BE SAVAGEThe third winter in the Rocky Mountains was not the charm for mountain man Hawley Cooper. What started out as a prime beaver trapping season turned forbidding as another winter beckoned and settled into the Absaroka Mountains. A war party of Crows raided his camp and ran off with his wife, a Shoshoni named Black Moon Woman. Left without a horse, Cooper follows the Crows as best he can but soon realizes that with winter laying its frigid hand on the land, he would never catch the warriors on foot.Refused help by the Shoshonis, he gets a horse and heads out alone into the heart of winter again, searching the Bighorn Mountains hoping to find the Crows, bent on rescuing his wife-or avenging her death.Winter isn't forgiving, and neither is he...

EVEN TO A FREE TRAPPER, FAMILY HAS A STRONG PULL.After being banished by the Shoshoni family that adopted him, mountain man Hawley Cooper finds himself adrift in a land of loss, bloodshed, and death. Feeling that dark spirits are taking over his mind, he leaves his wife and their new son in their Nez Perce village and sets out on a lonely quest to find the birthplace of his demons-and defeat them before they consume him entirely.Fighting off Blackfeet, capture, Mother Nature, unforeseen enemies, and starvin' times, Cooper follows the ever-growing dangerous trail to reclaim his soul and very existence. And nothing will stand in his way.

IN THE UNFORGIVING DEPTHS OF A MOUNTAIN WINTER, ONE MAN FACES AN UNYIELDING CHALLENGE FROM THE BLACKFEET TRIBE.Following numerous battles, Hawley Cooper has grown weary of his confrontations with the Blackfeet. But with seemingly dozens of them swarming the valley and more arriving every day, he has no choice but to brace for another battle.When a situation appears dire-an outnumbered contingent of mountain men pitted against a formidable horde of relentless Blackfeet warriors-Cooper clings to a single lifeline that involves confronting his adversaries head-on.With the odds stacked against them, Cooper-accompanied by his trusted friend and frequent trapping partner, Zeke Potts, and an unlikely ally, Nez Perce-embark on a desperate mission amidst the unforgiving snow and biting cold of the Rocky Mountain winter. And should they emerge from this crucible of conflict, another, more personal mission awaits them.Follow along as one man embarks on an epic journey of survival and redemption and discovers the unyielding strength of the human spirit.

Having had enough of leading a fairly large brigade of trappers, giant mountain men Nathaniel Squire heads to the Rockies with just a few of his young friends. The small group is having a fine season, pulling in plenty of plews. But another group happens by and tells Squire that last year's brigade, under Colonel Leander Melton, is in dire straits, having been raided by the Blackfeet under the direction of Jacob Meisner, an old enemy. Squire and his group plunge headlong into an effort to save Melton and his brigade -- and then, one way or the other, take to the vengeance trail.

AN ACTION-PACKED WESTERN FOLLOWING THE STORY OF ONE MAN'S SEARCH FOR HIS IDENTITY.A young fur trapper finds trouble and a chance to prove himself... Jacques Maxwell is the illegitimate son of a Louisiana slave owner and a Creole slave. He runs away at 16, fights in the War of 1812 and ultimately signs on with the Missouri Fur Company.Maxwell encounters more than his share of adventures, including numerous skirmishes with Indians as well as betrayals by the men he considered to be his friends.

When you steal a man's woman, you'd better watch your back trail. Even though he now has an Indian wife and son, mountain trapper Jim Blackwood cannot forget his first wife, Anna, who was taken from him by a band of Blackfeet five years ago. When he discovers a clue to Anna's fate, Jim's obsession with finding her forces him to choose between living in the past and finding peace in his new life.

HIS RAGE HAS NO LIMITS AFTER AN ATTACK ON A PEACEFUL UTE VILLAGE. Bounty hunter Brodie Pike cannot see all the good he has done, only the infrequent mistakes. So he decides to get away from people. Little does he know when he finds a beautiful valley in Colorado Territory's San Juan Mountains - where he plans to make his home - that the love of a Ute woman and the friendship of a warrior would change his life. Blaming himself for a white men's attack on a peaceful Ute village, and the defiling of an eleven-year-old girl, Pike embarks on a trail of vengeance to make the white demons pay a bloody price.

HONOR FORCES BOUNTY HUNTER ELIAS PROSPER TO TRACK DOWN A RENEGADE UTE, NO MATTER THE COST. Bounty hunter Elias Prosper is as tough a man as the West has produced. But as hard as he is, he has a soft spot for children and women. When a Ute named Painted Bear casts off the ways of the white man and spirits away a Ute boy and a white woman, both of whom Prosper had rescued easier, the bounty hunter ignores his wife's pleas to stay home and instead heads into the mountains to hunt down the renegade warrior.

Savage Land (Book 4) Mountain man Hawley Cooper always does what he believes is right -- regardless of the consequences. But this time, his decisions unleash the wrath of family and friends. As consequences loom on the horizon -- some deadly, others agonizing -- Cooper remains steadfast and embodies his mountain man spirit. Ignoring warnings against interfering in another man's treatment of a woman, he defiantly carries a Nez Perce woman to safety through the heart of yet another punishing winter. But his battles with the Blackfeet are far from done, and they, too, have painful costs.