Robert M. Johnson

It is 1828, both the spring and fall trapping seasons have come and gone. Little Jacob Ogden was born in June and the Ogdens have chosen to settle down in Grand Junction, Colorado. It has been a year of many changes, so far all good. In this eighth volume of the Sam Ogden Mountain Man Series, young Sam and his Mandan wife, Little Fire have a baby boy, Little Jacob Ogden. Sam and his Partner Clyde Patterson have decided to give up the life of a free trapper and settle down in southwestern Colorado, in a new settlement called Grand Junction. Sam and Little Fire have made some new friends at the settlement of Grand Junction, the Olivers. John and Kate Oliver own and run the General Store, formerly the Trading Post of Grand Junction. Their five years of living on the frontier have been satisfying and their store is thriving. Their one regret is that they have no children of their own. It seemed the most natural thing in the world for the Olivers to adopt Sam and Little Fire and their baby. For the first time in his young adult life, Sam Ogden, Mountain Man and Free Trapper, has a family to come home to in the white settlements In this eighth volume of the Sam Ogden Mountain Man Series, "Wilderness Wagoneer," Sam, his wife and his partner, Clyde Patterson, have become engaged in the struggles of the Rocky Mountain Frontier, turning wilderness into the new American Land. The Sam Ogden Series is as follows: 1.Hard to Kill 2.Winter Down 3.Rendezvous Prize 4.The Deerslayer's Destiny 5.Sam, My Warrior 6.Rocky Mountain Cabin 7.Free Trappers 8.Wilderness Wagoneer

Allen's List was published in 2011 and tells the story of an internet entrepreneur who scored big in the era following the burst of the DOT.COM bubble. It is about a man who wanted to ride the crest of a profound change in American society and ingenuity. In some ways the DOT.COM bubble happened because the culture that was to be had not yet reached maturity. Those who were the creators of the internet world that would emerge did not yet have the clientele in place because the personal computer was still making its presence felt in the popular culture. Having only come to market in 1981, the PC as it came to be called, was still a business machine that aspired to be a popular icon. When music and photography became digitalized, there was no stopping the development of the computer movement in American society. Thirty years later, the computer had become almost as commonplace in the home as the television. Unlike the television, it was highly interactive and marketers were now jumping on the bandwagon. What could not be foreseen in 1981 was the social media phenomenon. People had been using their personal computers for online shopping, gambling and even bidding on auction sites. But what came about in 2004 out of Harvard University's IT innovation labs was going to change the whole world of the PC. Facebook, MySpace and other social sites like Twitter and YouTube would bring another dimension, the audio-visual realism to computing. Where earlier computers could not manage the memory demands of digital images, the new, easily accessible home computer, was now linked to the internet. Because it had more efficient transmission speeds, this faster and more powerful machine would again move the computer culture forward to rival the television's visuals. The story of Allen Dowling, internet entrepreneur, is part of this socio-economic growth online. Somewhere around 2009, a critical mass of home computer ownership was reached and there would be no turning back. But even more essential to this social evolution in America, was the fact that twenty year olds like Mark Zuckerberg were coming of age in the computer culture. It was in their DNA; their lifeblood was programmed to think not "what can we do with the computer," but "how far can we go with the computer." Coupon Explosion is the story of this expansion.

A marvelously illustrated look at the most deadly predators on the planetTooth and Claw presents the world’s top predators as you have never seen them before, from big cats and wild dogs to sharks, reptiles, and killer whales. Blending gorgeous photos and illustrations with spellbinding storytelling, this book is packed with the latest facts about these fearsome but often misunderstood animals. It covers apex and other top predators in each major vertebrate family, discussing where and how they live, how they are faring in the modern world, and why they matter. Along the way, the authors share informative and entertaining anecdotes from their decades in the field learning about predators and reveal hard truths about the role humans continue to play in their fate. Tooth and Claw also describes conservation successes and lays out some simple but crucial steps each of us can take to protect these magnificent beasts. Are humans top predators, too? Read this amazing book and find out.Offers an unparalleled look at a side of nature rarely witnessed up closeStunningly illustrated throughout and brimming with fun factsDescribes ultimate vertebrate predators ranging from sharks and reptiles to raptors, cats, dogs, bears, and marine mammalsProvides rare insights into the biology, ecology, and conservation of top predatorsDraws on the latest findings from habitats around the worldConveys the wonders of the natural world with engaging storytelling and lively personal anecdotes

The year is 1857 and the gold rush in California has entered another level of intensity, with a population explosion no one could have foreseen. People were coming from as far away as China and Australia to join the Forty-Niners. Everyone was seeking their fortune in the gold fields. The land grant of Fremont Enterprises along the Merced River in south central California, continues to produce gold in great abundance. Jeremiah Warner, the fictional partner of John Charles Fremont, is becoming a rich man in his own right.Fremont is away now, living as a politician in Washington City, thousands of miles from his business. After a short time as Senator for the new state of California, he is now involved in a run for President. He is deeply committed to the cause of freedom for the Negro Slaves of the Southern States. He has turned the management of his gold mines over to one of his partners, Jeremiah Warner. They continue to stay connected through letter writing.This 23rd volume of the Mountain Man Series, is entitled, "Cheyenne Summer." It takes up the story of Jeremiah Warner, now fully engaged in raising cattle to feed the hungry population of the Gold Fields in south central California. His skills as a Mountain Man are once again put to the test. Predators, both human and animal want their piece of the action. This is volume number twenty-three in the Jeremiah Warner Mountain Man Series

The cannonade of Fort Sumter in South Carolina on April 12, 1861 brought to a head the American conflict that had been simmering and boiling over for nearly 100 years. The practice of slavery had become a commercial necessity to the southern colonies of the new American nation. South Carolina where Fort Sumter is located, had withdrew from the union of the United States just six months before the firing on Fort Sumter. The inevitable conflict had begun.It would be a bloodied, full-blown war in a country that had been at peace for over 30 years. By the spring of 1862, the Union army had enlisted 700,000 men and the Confederacy had armed over 300,000. The network of railroads spanning the southern colonies would play an important role in the way the war was fought and ultimately won by the northern armies. Lieutenant Brady Jenkins had graduated from the West Point Military College two years before the war began. Upon his graduation, he had quickly been enrolled in the military police. As a Provost Marshal, he would be responsible for any criminal activity exhibited by members of the Army or the United States Navy. With an army numbering only in the tens of thousands of soldiers, this responsibility of military policing, was a fairly manageable situation.There were no prisoners of war, and the military tribunals were all based in Washington DC. The Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, was involved in dealing with nearly every major crime committed within the ranks of the military. Then the war broke out and everything changed. Over the next four years, Brady Jenkins saw his mandate change as his rank progressed. He quickly advanced to the rank of captain, in 1862. He received his Major's oak leaves the following year. Six months before the armistice at Appomattox, he was named Major General, at age 28. When General Lee and General Grant signed the document that ended the war, Brady Jenkins was there in the parlor of the MacLean house at Appomattox, Virginia. When President Abraham Lincoln visited the city of Richmond immediately after the conclusion of the war, Brady Jenkins was at his side. He walked with the President, conscious that every tree and every building might've held a sniper, an assassin, wanting to kill the man who had reduced the South to a failed sedition, and an empty shell of its previous prosperity.The fictional story of Brady Jenkins, began on the fateful night of April 14, 1865, the night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by the fanatic, John Wilkes Booth. Jenkins had been close to the president through all the trouble times of the war and had been part of his personal security guard when the Pinkerton agency was determined to be inadequate. This book, "Provost Marshal Brady Jenkins 1865," tells the story of how that fateful night in 1865 changed the life of the young Major General, and sent him on his journey to discover America. He was discharged honorably, by his own choice, in the spring of 1866, he had simply not re-enlisted. Book One of his story tells of his journey west "Mississippi Crossing." Book Two takes up with his arrival in the bustling new city of Kansas City, Kansas. The territory had become a full State in 1861, as the war began. Now, five years later, it was experiencing the growing pains of being home to over 25,000 American citizens. The former Provost Marshal arrived as the two forces of commerce, cattle drives and wagon trains were converging on Kansas City. They brought with them the criminal elements of gun violence and graft. Book Two, "The Kansas City Crime Scenes, 1866," brings Brady Jenkins into the heart of the young city in the throes of lethal conflicts. His story goes on.

The cannonade of Fort Sumter in South Carolina on April 12, 1861 brought to a head the American conflict that had been simmering and boiling over for nearly 100 years. The practice of slavery had become a commercial necessity to the southern colonies of the new American nation. South Carolina where Fort Sumter is located, had withdrew from the union of the United States just six months before the firing on Fort Sumter. The inevitable conflict had begun.It would be a bloodied, full-blown war in a country that had been at peace for over 30 years. By the spring of 1862, the Union army had enlisted 700,000 men and the Confederacy had armed over 300,000. The network of railroads spanning the southern colonies would play an important role in the way the war was fought and ultimately won by the northern armies. Lieutenant Brady Jenkins had graduated from the West Point Military College two years before the war began. Upon his graduation, he had quickly been enrolled in the military police. As a Provost Marshal, he would be responsible for any criminal activity exhibited by members of the Army or the United States Navy. With an army numbering only in the tens of thousands of soldiers, this responsibility of military policing, was a fairly manageable situation.There were no prisoners of war, and the military tribunals were all based in Washington DC. The Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, was involved in dealing with nearly every major crime committed within the ranks of the military. Then the war broke out and everything changed. Over the next four years, Brady Jenkins saw his mandate change as his rank progressed. He quickly advanced to the rank of captain, in 1862. He received his Major's oak leaves the following year. Six months before the armistice at Appomattox, he was named Major General, at age 28. When General Lee and General Grant signed the document that ended the war, Brady Jenkins was there in the parlor of the MacLean house at Appomattox, Virginia. When President Abraham Lincoln visited the city of Richmond immediately after the conclusion of the war, Brady Jenkins was at his side. He walked with the President, conscious that every tree and every building might've held a sniper, an assassin, wanting to kill the man who had reduced the South to a failed sedition, and an empty shell of its previous prosperity.The fictional story of Brady Jenkins, begins on the fateful night of April 14, 1865, the night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by the fanatic, John Wilkes Booth. Jenkins had been close to the president through all the trouble times of the war and had been part of his personal security guard when the Pinkerton agency was determined to be inadequate. This book, "Provost Marshal Brady Jenkins 1865," tells the story of how that fateful night in 1865 changed the life of the young Major General, and sent him on his journey to discover America.

The year of 1846 would prove to be one of extraordinary adventure for Sam Ogden. The previous year had seen the frontier rampage of Carlos Reyes, whom Sam ultimately killed in a mountainside confrontation. But three years earlier Sam had been the guide and confident of an English nobleman who visited Grand Valley, Colorado on a hunting expedition. The two became friends during the expedition and they continued a regular correspondence during the years that followed. Volume fifteen of the Sam Ogden series describes how the friendship turned into an invitation and a subsequent visit to London by Sam and his family. This new story, "Riding the Whirlwind Seas," is the 16th volume in the Sam Ogden Mountain Man Series. It completes another stage in the evolution of 19th Century Frontiersman and his amazing life journey. It is 1846, and after a successful visit to London, spending time with friends, Earl John of Wickham and his wife Lady Carolyn, Sam and Little Fire are returning to America with their daughter, fifteen-year-old Amanda. They have left their son, Jacob to follow his dream of entering Oxford University under the guidance of the Earl. The westward voyage is filled with adventure for the three Ogdens. The author has made the journey by ship from Boston to England, and recently experienced an Atlantic ocean storm while on a cruise out of Baltimore, MD. The reader will find the weeks at sea an amazing panorama of the beauty and danger faced by travelers from Europe in the 19th century. It is still an astounding testimony to the courage and wanderlust of human nature that thousands of ships crossed back and forth during the first half of the century.

Poetry offers the reader an experience that is unique in the spectrum of written and spoken language. The poem is immersed in the rich symbolic essence of human thought. Words are meant to carry ideas from one person to another. They do this by a mutually accepted meaning that unites and inspires. Their limits are designed to be challenged and expanded. For the poet, a word is a symbol, richly exploited for what it says and what it might mean. The poet serves as Prophet and Pundit, as Scribe and Troubadour, giving readers and listeners a platform for reflection. The process of poetry is meant to awaken and inspire, encourage and challenge the thinking of those who want to look beyond the surface of daily life with its culture and politics. It is the task of the poet to reach into the core archetypal sense of what is happening, and what could be... Poetry is written for the mindful. This collection of poems was written between 2016 and 2018. Its themes are taken from nature and the politics of everyday life. Its title, "Dancing Word Flames," suggests the unpredictable and dynamic nature of these sonnets. It also reflects the archetypal inspiration of the bonfire with its power and beauty, its devouring force turning living wood to ash. Many poems in this collection were inspired at the fire's side and so are "FIRETALK," nurtured by the archetype of flame and fury. They are meant to gift the reader in the fire's warm glow. This volume is the fourth in a series of Poetry for the Ages.:

The year is 1855 and the gold rush in California has entered another level of intensity, with a population explosion no one could have foreseen. People were coming from as far away as China and Australia to join those Forty-Niners, seeking their fortune in the gold fields. The land grant of Fremont Enterprises along the Merced River in south central California, continues to produce gold in great abundance. Jeremiah Warner, the fictional partner of John Charles Fremont, is becoming a rich man in his own right. Fremont is away now, living as a professional politician in Washington City, thousands of miles from his business. After a short time as Senator for the new state of California, he is now involved in a run for President. He is deeply committed to the cause of freedom for the Negro Slaves of the Southern States. He has turned the management of his gold mines over to one of his partners, Jeremiah Warner. They continue to stay connected through letter writing. This 22nd volume of the Mountain Man Series, entitled, "The Wilderness Ranch," takes up the story of Jeremiah Warner as he decides to start his own cattle ranch in south central California. His skills as a Mountain Man are once again put to the test. This is volume number twenty-two in the Jeremiah Warner Mountain Man Series.

The 19th Century in America was remarkable for many things that formed and shaped the new country that was rapidly expanding from ocean to ocean. Men like the fictional characters, Sam Ogden and Clyde Patterson had been among the first to participate in the wilderness trapping bonanza spawned by the beaver trade and the culture of the top hat. Now, it is the 1840's, and the need for beaver pelts is over. The West was about to see the first signs of a real Western migration, the Oregon Trail. Sam Ogden had invested his "wealth," from his days as a trapper, in the General Store of a southern Colorado settlement, at Grand Junction. With his wife, the Mandan woman, Little Fire, Sam has settled down and is beginning to raise a family. His reputation with the Long Rifle, the frontier Hawken rifle, followed him into the more stable life of the settlement. The Indians at the Rendezvous, started calling him "Sam Long Rifle." His partner, Clyde Patterson, a veteran of the War of 1812, and quite a bit older than "Young Sam," has also taken up life in the settlement. They both became embedded in the process of the western frontier, as it developed the first signs of what the two former trappers called disdainfully, "civilization." Grand Junction was evolving partly because of Clyde and Sam and partly despite them. In the young life of Sam Ogden, several years have gone by since the last time he decided to write down the events of his life on the frontier. During the intervening years he has fathered two children and made many new friends as part owner of the General Store at Grand Junction. In the previous volume, "Sam Long Rifle," Sam and his family have been joined by a large dog, a Pyrenean Sheepdog, they named Ruffian. Also, a hunting expedition has brought an English Nobleman, John, Earl of Wickham to the territory. The Earl has hired "Sam Long Rifle" as his guide into the high Rockies. The Englishmen plan to spend the winter high in the mountains while Sam is supposed to return to Grand Junction for the winter. Plans like this have a funny way of going wrong, very wrong. This 13th volume, "The Stalking Moon," tells that story.

The 19th Century in America was remarkable for many things that formed and shaped the new country that was rapidly expanding from ocean to ocean. Men like the fictional characters, Sam Ogden and Clyde Patterson had been among the first to participate in the wilderness trapping bonanza spawned by the beaver trade and the culture of the top hat. Now, it is the 1840's, and the need for beaver pelts is over. The West was about to see the first signs of a real Western migration, the Oregon Trail. Sam Ogden had invested his "wealth," from his days as a trapper, in the General Store of a southern Colorado settlement, at Grand Junction. With his wife, the Mandan woman, Little Fire, Sam has settled down and is beginning to raise a family. His reputation with the Long Rifle, the frontier Hawken rifle, followed him into the more stable life of the settlement. The Indians at the Rendezvous, started calling him "Sam Long Rifle." His partner, Clyde Patterson, a veteran of the War of 1812, and quite a bit older than "Young Sam," has also taken up life in the settlement. They both became embedded in the process of the western frontier, as it developed the first signs of what the two former trappers called disdainfully, "civilization." Grand Junction was evolving partly because of Clyde and Sam and partly despite them. In the young life of Sam Ogden, several years have gone by since the last time he decided to write down the events of his life on the frontier. During the intervening years he has fathered two children and made many new friends as part owner of the General Store at Grand Junction. In the previous volume, "Finding a Firestone," Sam has indulged in his fascination with gemstones and gold, found in the Rocky Mountain Wilderness. In this volume, called "Sam Long Rifle," he and his family are gifted with an amazing large dog, a Pyrenean Sheepdog, they named Ruffian. Also, a hunting expedition has brought an English Nobleman, John, Earl of Wickham to the territory. The Earl has hired "Sam Long Rifle" as his guide into the high Rockies. Let the adventures begin.