Promises

by David Martin Anderson, Conroca Publishing (Producer)

Mary Catherine MacLaren was already in love with the celluloid images of America and its Wild West when John David (Cappy) Sterling asked her to marry him. She also loved her birthright in Scotland and the old family cattle farm, Haddington Moor. After ten generations of MacLaren tradition, it was almost impossible to leave the old place, but he loved his family's sprawling Texas ranch equally and her passion for the land was not as strong as the passion for her cowboy. So, she gave in. Love and war can do that to a person, calling them away thousands of miles. Still, what ultimately convinced her to leave were the two promises Cappy swore to keep.Thus, she left the green of Scotland in 1945 and reared her family in the parched landscape of West Texas, living out her childhood fantasies, yet always yearning for her homeland. Now, fifty-one years later, she is terminally ill and Cappy has not fulfilled his second promise. . . .

164 pages, Paperback

First published April 17, 2012

About the author

David Martin Anderson is an American novelist, entrepreneur, and community activist. He is best known for his popular historical fiction novels, most notably his two-book 'Billy Bartell' series (THE LAST GOOD HORSE and BEATY BUTTE); both novels were named finalists for Faulkner-Wisdom literary awards (2011 & 2019). He is married to his high school sweetheart, Mary Jane Law (m. 1971) and resides in Kendall County, Texas at his Hill Country ranch , Rancho con Rocas. Born in Waialua, Hawaii (1950) on a C&H sugar plantation, he was raised in Iowa and graduated from Des Moines Lincoln High School in 1968. He attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas where he graduated with an Engineering degree (1972) and a MBA (1977). He sold his second of two Texas telecommunication startup companies in 1998 and began his career as a writer at the age of 47, a career that now spans over 22 years.