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A western adventure story taking place in the 1830's during the fur
trade in the lands around Bent's Fort and Taos. Two boyhood
friends, Avery MacDonnell and George LeMaitre, grow up reading the
Journals of Lewis and Clark. They long to leave their homes in New
Orleans and go out onto the wild frontier. A twist of fate forces
that upon them and they end up fighting for their lives with men
sent to hunt them down and against the Great White Bear, the Plains
Grizzly. After finding the women destined to change their lives,
they meet William and Charles Bent, Ceran St. Vrain, Kit Carson and
other colorful men associated with the adobe castle/trading post
known as Bent's Fort. Meticulously researched for historic
accuracy, this book also deals with issues we face today: the clash
of cultures, each one with insights and flaws, the foibles and
gifts of strong-willed people and the struggles and rewards that
come to couples who decide to build a life together. The setting,
the unspoiled West of pre-gold rush times, can be a harsh land,
every bit as deadly as hauntingly beautiful. She woos the newcomers
until they are caught in her spell and cannot leave. Unlike in the
East, the men who come out West take Native and Mexican women as
wives and start families. This brings the women status not seen
again until modern times. Few people realize that the thousands of
buffalo hides that fueled the economy here and back East, were all
laboriously brain-tanned into soft pliable leather by the Native
women. While not a utopia, the life out West is free from many of
the ills that come with more people, more government and more
civilization. Avery and George come to realize that as hard as life
can be on the Frontier, they never want to live anywhere else.
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