Moon Medicine - Hardcover

Blakely, Mike

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312867042 ISBN 13: 9780312867041

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 2001

Synopsis

From the author of the critically acclaimed COMANCHE DAWN comes the story of the first American fort in Comanche Country and the men and women who built it. When Honore Greenwood sits down to tell his tale, people listen. Friends of such stalwarts of the West as Kit Carson, Thomas Fitzpatrick, John Hatcher and the Bent Brothers. Greenwood at ninety-nine, has lived the life of a legend. Greenwood came to America stowed away on a packet bound for New Orleans. He was wanted for murder in Paris for killing a master swordsman who raped the women he loved. His destination is the wildest frontier in 1840's America, the Indian ranges of the Great Southern Plains. After falling in love with Gabriela Badillo, a beautiful young woman from Taos who is tragically promised to another, Homer carries his broken heart into the wilderness. He volunteers for a most dangerous project. He will build a fort right in the middle of Comanche Country.

About this title

Review:

"Blakely writes with a beauty that rivals the Big Bend country."-Terry C. Johnston

About the Author:

A native of Texas, Mike Blakely grew up working on the family ranch. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force and holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He is the former president of Western Writers of America and has taught fiction writing at numerous workshops nationwide. He is a winner of the Spur Award for Best Western Novel. Also a singer/songwriter, Blakely tours all over the U.S. and in Europe with his band and records his original songs on his own independent record label. He currently lives on his horse ranch near Marble Falls, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0312867042
• ISBN 13: 9780312867041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416