No Less than the Journey

By E V Thompson and E.V. Thompson

Book Overview

E. V. Thompson is, as always, an extremely good storyteller. --Historical Novels Review Wesley Curnow comes to the United States in search of an uncle who is working on the mines in Missouri. Taking passage on a boat from New York bound for New Orleans, he meets up with a charismatic U.S. Marshal who is en route to the western territories to bring law to the area. After a gun fight with pirates on the Mississippi River and an encounter with an attractive half-Mexican croupier, Wesley discovers that his uncle has been forced to move away. After finding himself amidst a serious altercation with German miners, Wesley meets an old mountainman who teaches him proficiency with a revolver and then faces a final journey overland through inhospitable country.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0709087551
• ISBN13: 9780709087557
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Robert Hale & Company
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.7"