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Lured by the promise of the gold rush, Cam Sutton leaves his cow-herding job for the deposit-rich gulches of the Black Hills. But his carefree journey is interrupted when he rescues Mary Bishop and her daughters from a stagecoach holdup. Cam accompanies them on their search for Mr. Bishop, only to discover that he's been murdered in Custer City, leaving behind a share of a lucrative gold mine to his family. Now Cam must find a way to escort the Bishops and their fortune home to Colorado. But greedy, cold-blooded killer Cotton Roach is fast on their heels, and he won't stop until he gets the gold.
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First published July 2, 2013
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Charles G. West
71 books75 followersCharles G. West first arrived on the western literary scene in March, 1998 with his first novel, Stone Hand, published by Penguin under their Signet imprint. The book was the first of a three-book series, featuring Jason Coles, master tracker. The public response to those first three books called for more western fiction by West, and as of January 2014, Signet has published forty-five.
Inspired in his youth by great adventure authors like A.B. Guthrie and Vardis Fisher, West has always sought to be true to the men and women who braved the dangers of the savage frontier that was ultimately forged to become the American west. Novels by Charles G. West are classified as historical/westerns due to his diligent research in his subject matter, choosing to weave his fiction into the fabric of the actual places and events, being true to the times as well as the people. As a result, his protagonists are usually not heroes, but are often called upon to perform heroic deeds.
Insisting that his protagonists must be instilled with a sense of fairness in addition to courage. West readily admits that many of the characters in his books are patterned after his two sons, both of whom are graduates of the University of Montana, one still lives in Kalispell, Montana - and is the source of much of the author's detail on the ways of the mountain man. Both sons share West's love for the Big Sky Country.
Presently, the author resides in Ocala, Florida with his wife, Ronda, whose name is found on the dedication page of every West novel.
Inspired in his youth by great adventure authors like A.B. Guthrie and Vardis Fisher, West has always sought to be true to the men and women who braved the dangers of the savage frontier that was ultimately forged to become the American west. Novels by Charles G. West are classified as historical/westerns due to his diligent research in his subject matter, choosing to weave his fiction into the fabric of the actual places and events, being true to the times as well as the people. As a result, his protagonists are usually not heroes, but are often called upon to perform heroic deeds.
Insisting that his protagonists must be instilled with a sense of fairness in addition to courage. West readily admits that many of the characters in his books are patterned after his two sons, both of whom are graduates of the University of Montana, one still lives in Kalispell, Montana - and is the source of much of the author's detail on the ways of the mountain man. Both sons share West's love for the Big Sky Country.
Presently, the author resides in Ocala, Florida with his wife, Ronda, whose name is found on the dedication page of every West novel.
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November 16, 2021
This is a good western read. Young man agrees to guide a mother and her two young daughters to her deceased husbands gold sight. Many struggles along the way make this interesting. Loved the character of Ardella Swift. Recommended to western fans.
August 16, 2020
This is a classic weekend western read, to the t. Has everything everyone wants in a western. All the tropes, but written in a way that doesn’t feel overly cliche. It was a great little book vacation for a weekend. Well written in all the right western expectation ways. If you want a no brain, high integrity, classic western tale then go ahead and give it a try and you’ll probably love it. It does what it sets out to be.
February 12, 2019
We’ve heard a lot about the gold rush in California & Alaska, but not much about gold in the Black Hills. That made this western a little bit unusual. The reader for this book has a nice western sound to his voice. Although the plot is almost completely predictable, I enjoyed this tale very much.
January 9, 2015
I liked it a lot.
Good plot.
Wholesome honest cowboy helps a mother with kids...
Good plot.
Wholesome honest cowboy helps a mother with kids...
October 1, 2019
Great book! Can’t get enough from this author. I put off reading this one for a while, not sure why. It’s one of my favorites!
November 25, 2020
Rcsva13
Another great read from West. I have enjoyed many books by him and look forward to reading many more by him
Another great read from West. I have enjoyed many books by him and look forward to reading many more by him
August 21, 2018
HUNTING CAM SUTTON
This is about the lives of the earlier settlers and men who left their farms to dig for gold leaving their families sometimes returning or murdered for their gold...a rough life.
Cam Bishop, her daughter's Emma and Grace are on their way to a place called Destiny to meet her husband who has also sent her map of where he's located. Richard and Warren Bishop two brothers who have prospected in the Rocky Mountains for gold and by golly they hit a nice vein of gold. Cam a drifter, cowpuncher who happened to between jobs happened upon a stage robbery, and he rescued the riders of the stage, which included the stage driver, shoot gun rider and the Bishop Family, bank teller and a creepy rider by the name of Mr. Smith aka Cotton Roach who was the inside man riding the stage with all the innocent riders. Cam Sutton shoot Roach Cotton in his gun hand which eventually left the hand a useless shriveled skeleton, which made Roach Cotton crazier and meaner than ever, he was actually a psychopath with no morals or ethics all gone. His main thought was to take REVENGE on Cam Sutton for what he did to his hand.
Ardella a young teenager who married a mountain man named Long Sam who was twenty seven years old and Ardella was fourteen at the time they married. At first per Ardella, Long Sam and her moved all the time through the mountains because of he trapped furs for a living. But he started changing or maybe it was there all the time. He built a one room cabin sparsely furnished and she was happy. The he started beating and mistreating her, come home drunk, money he made on the furs, he spent on other things, but not food or items they needed to survive..so one night after he went to bed she hit him in the head with an iron skillet. Tossed his miserable body into the deep ravine behind their cabin..so now she's alone no family or friends. She meets Cam Sutton and Mary and her daughter's after Cam and her both shoot at a deer. She had lived in that cabin high in the mountains for eighteen years all alone...but she survived..a tough determined lady.
Lots of Acton brother against brother because of the amount of gold they both mined and one brother didn't want to share with his you get brother. Had him murdered..sound familiar Cain and Abel. Cam providing protection and escorting the mother and her daughters to Cheyenne where they can bank all that gold they are carrying. Action Action all through this adventurous story of how the human mind adapts to all the difficulties all the characters face. You will enjoy them, in fact you won't want to put this book down or until your Kindle needs recharging...LIFE
This is about the lives of the earlier settlers and men who left their farms to dig for gold leaving their families sometimes returning or murdered for their gold...a rough life.
Cam Bishop, her daughter's Emma and Grace are on their way to a place called Destiny to meet her husband who has also sent her map of where he's located. Richard and Warren Bishop two brothers who have prospected in the Rocky Mountains for gold and by golly they hit a nice vein of gold. Cam a drifter, cowpuncher who happened to between jobs happened upon a stage robbery, and he rescued the riders of the stage, which included the stage driver, shoot gun rider and the Bishop Family, bank teller and a creepy rider by the name of Mr. Smith aka Cotton Roach who was the inside man riding the stage with all the innocent riders. Cam Sutton shoot Roach Cotton in his gun hand which eventually left the hand a useless shriveled skeleton, which made Roach Cotton crazier and meaner than ever, he was actually a psychopath with no morals or ethics all gone. His main thought was to take REVENGE on Cam Sutton for what he did to his hand.
Ardella a young teenager who married a mountain man named Long Sam who was twenty seven years old and Ardella was fourteen at the time they married. At first per Ardella, Long Sam and her moved all the time through the mountains because of he trapped furs for a living. But he started changing or maybe it was there all the time. He built a one room cabin sparsely furnished and she was happy. The he started beating and mistreating her, come home drunk, money he made on the furs, he spent on other things, but not food or items they needed to survive..so one night after he went to bed she hit him in the head with an iron skillet. Tossed his miserable body into the deep ravine behind their cabin..so now she's alone no family or friends. She meets Cam Sutton and Mary and her daughter's after Cam and her both shoot at a deer. She had lived in that cabin high in the mountains for eighteen years all alone...but she survived..a tough determined lady.
Lots of Acton brother against brother because of the amount of gold they both mined and one brother didn't want to share with his you get brother. Had him murdered..sound familiar Cain and Abel. Cam providing protection and escorting the mother and her daughters to Cheyenne where they can bank all that gold they are carrying. Action Action all through this adventurous story of how the human mind adapts to all the difficulties all the characters face. You will enjoy them, in fact you won't want to put this book down or until your Kindle needs recharging...LIFE
November 6, 2017
Cam Sutton is ready for a change from his cow-herding job and his thoughts have turned to trying a run at the Black Hills gold deposits. But on his way there, he comes across a stagecoach holdup where he rescues a woman and her two daughters. Since he has no timetable, he agrees to escort them to her husband’s claim only to discover he has been murdered leaving behind a large quantity of gold. Cam feels obligated to see it through and get his group to the safety of Cheyenne and the bank there.
The plot to this one was largely predictable with only the details to follow through with. But this author's style lends itself to nice leisurely reads and this one is no exception. A budding romance is balanced with a dangerous trek through dangerous country where the little group is hunted by various greedy men intent upon revenge and stealing the gold. It is not until the very end that all is resolved, but it is resolved largely as expected from back on page 20.
This is the third western by Charles G. West that I’ve read and I’ve enjoyed them all so far. The main character always seems to be a humble, honest man with a good work ethic and few flaws (if any). They are fairly stress-free reads where you know all will resolve happily with the good guys getting the upper hand and the bad guys getting their just deserts. A good choice for that relaxing read I tend to enjoy more and more as I get older.
The plot to this one was largely predictable with only the details to follow through with. But this author's style lends itself to nice leisurely reads and this one is no exception. A budding romance is balanced with a dangerous trek through dangerous country where the little group is hunted by various greedy men intent upon revenge and stealing the gold. It is not until the very end that all is resolved, but it is resolved largely as expected from back on page 20.
This is the third western by Charles G. West that I’ve read and I’ve enjoyed them all so far. The main character always seems to be a humble, honest man with a good work ethic and few flaws (if any). They are fairly stress-free reads where you know all will resolve happily with the good guys getting the upper hand and the bad guys getting their just deserts. A good choice for that relaxing read I tend to enjoy more and more as I get older.
November 21, 2024
An enjoyable western.
I've read several Westerns from this writer and they are all very good. Once you've read a couple, you get his formula. I'm not saying that's a bad thing. But you kind of know how it's going to go. Again, that's not a bad thing.
Good characters. Good action.
If you're wanting an entertaining, old fashioned western this book will be perfect.
I've read several Westerns from this writer and they are all very good. Once you've read a couple, you get his formula. I'm not saying that's a bad thing. But you kind of know how it's going to go. Again, that's not a bad thing.
Good characters. Good action.
If you're wanting an entertaining, old fashioned western this book will be perfect.
February 2, 2025
familiar, cliched and moving
I have read several of this authors stories and they follow a familiar pattern. But now and then, the predictable story carries you through. It could be the style, the empathy, the belief. The art of comedy is getting to the punch line just before the audience does, and in that this author has gauged it well. For me. and a few thousand others!
I have read several of this authors stories and they follow a familiar pattern. But now and then, the predictable story carries you through. It could be the style, the empathy, the belief. The art of comedy is getting to the punch line just before the audience does, and in that this author has gauged it well. For me. and a few thousand others!
March 13, 2023
A very good, well written story of the old west. Maybe the plot for a western movie!?!? Just added a few more Charles West books to my "to read list".
September 4, 2024
Great storytelling with the kind of characters you become attached to. My favorite kind of read!
August 8, 2025
Another Good Read
I've read several books by Charles West and liked those found this to be very good also.
It conveyed the many hardships settlers found travelling west.
I
I've read several books by Charles West and liked those found this to be very good also.
It conveyed the many hardships settlers found travelling west.
I
July 4, 2025
Similar to West’s other book “Way of the Gun,” Cam Sutton is another cowpuncher-turned-drifter who stumbles upon a stagecoach robbery. He saves a widowed mother and her two daughters, and makes an enemy of one of the outlaws.
The story had some good twists and developments of Cam’s relationship with Mary. I also really liked the introduction of the rough and tumble old lady Ardella who was a fun character and helped progress the relationship between Cam and Mary.
The plot got a little repetitive with various encounters with thieves after their party, but overall I still enjoyed the story and it was a lot of fun.
The story had some good twists and developments of Cam’s relationship with Mary. I also really liked the introduction of the rough and tumble old lady Ardella who was a fun character and helped progress the relationship between Cam and Mary.
The plot got a little repetitive with various encounters with thieves after their party, but overall I still enjoyed the story and it was a lot of fun.
July 8, 2013
Cam Sutton liked working with cows, but wanted to see the country before it got civilized. His boss understood and wished him well.
He'd hardly gotten started before he stopped a stage holdup that had taken two lives and about to be more. Mary Bishop and her two young daughters had come looking for her husband and were on the stage. He'd sent a letter saying he was coming home and hadn't been heard from since.
Cam agreed to accompany the three ladies into Deadwood in search of her husband, then learns before they get there that a man named Bishop had been killed in another stage robbery. One telegram told her that it was her husband.
Now she wanted him to help find the gold mine that her husband and his older brother were working. The man needed to be told his brother was dead.
Things didn't go well there either. The upshot was Mary was a wealthy woman now and needed help even more. Cheyenne was a long trip back and three females with a hundred pounds of gold dust would be easy prey.
Road agents, crooked store owners, crooked miners, and such were some things Cam had to deal with. There was also a crazed killer on his trail from that first stage holdup he stopped. Cam had shot him in his gun hand and he'd snapped, wanting revenge.
Another fine western from a great writer.
He'd hardly gotten started before he stopped a stage holdup that had taken two lives and about to be more. Mary Bishop and her two young daughters had come looking for her husband and were on the stage. He'd sent a letter saying he was coming home and hadn't been heard from since.
Cam agreed to accompany the three ladies into Deadwood in search of her husband, then learns before they get there that a man named Bishop had been killed in another stage robbery. One telegram told her that it was her husband.
Now she wanted him to help find the gold mine that her husband and his older brother were working. The man needed to be told his brother was dead.
Things didn't go well there either. The upshot was Mary was a wealthy woman now and needed help even more. Cheyenne was a long trip back and three females with a hundred pounds of gold dust would be easy prey.
Road agents, crooked store owners, crooked miners, and such were some things Cam had to deal with. There was also a crazed killer on his trail from that first stage holdup he stopped. Cam had shot him in his gun hand and he'd snapped, wanting revenge.
Another fine western from a great writer.
September 11, 2015
Amazon recommended a Charles G. West book to me awhile back so I gave the author a try, I'm very glad I did! I have already gone through many of his books and enjoyed every single one.
Mr. West tells a great story that is at once historically accurate as it is engaging, with characters both believable and likable. There is a perfect ratio of dialogue to descriptors to story set up to completion - something that can be hard to accomplish as a writer and rare to find as a reader.
As for this book, no spoilers included, the main character was well written and a very likable protagonist. The women of the book were all wonderful characters too, well developed with no annoying "suffering female" idiosyncrasies that are found in so many other stories, especially Westerns. Good solid story, good character development. Another very enjoyable read.
Mr. West tells a great story that is at once historically accurate as it is engaging, with characters both believable and likable. There is a perfect ratio of dialogue to descriptors to story set up to completion - something that can be hard to accomplish as a writer and rare to find as a reader.
As for this book, no spoilers included, the main character was well written and a very likable protagonist. The women of the book were all wonderful characters too, well developed with no annoying "suffering female" idiosyncrasies that are found in so many other stories, especially Westerns. Good solid story, good character development. Another very enjoyable read.
December 12, 2015
All the elements of a good Western were here: our handsome super-hero, damsel in distress, bad guys, super bad guys, horses, tough women, lots of territory, love interest, etc. Too bad Westerns in the theater are not in vogue now. This one would make a good movie.
It started out well and it ended well. The middle got bogged down but I guess it was necessary to the plot, just exhausting.
I enjoyed it, but I'm glad we're all safely to Cheyenne now and I hope we'll all live happily ever after!! Whew!
It started out well and it ended well. The middle got bogged down but I guess it was necessary to the plot, just exhausting.
I enjoyed it, but I'm glad we're all safely to Cheyenne now and I hope we'll all live happily ever after!! Whew!
November 16, 2013
I occasionally enjoy a good western but wanted to try an author other than Louis L'Amour. I noted that Charles West had written a few, so thought I would try his "Long Road to Cheyenne". I was greatly disappointed. Trite, predictable, devoid of literary style, I barely made it though. I will look elsewhere for my next Wild West author. I do not recommend this book (or this author) if this is an example of his works.
July 19, 2014
Not a great book, but not a bad one either. A nice little read if you're looking for something to read in between books or listen to while driving.
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December 14, 2017
Another fine Western. Mr. West does his best to put another fine tail under his belt and while I thought this one was pretty good there were a few times that I was just in awe and shock of the main characters lack of care and concern for his own safety. I know you can't be vigilant all the time but when you know there are bad people out to get you you probably should not just wonder about blindly, what do I know, I'm not a cowboy.
All in all a good story with a good number of twists and unexpected turns. Cam sure must be the luckiest guy to ever walk the face of the Earth.
All in all a good story with a good number of twists and unexpected turns. Cam sure must be the luckiest guy to ever walk the face of the Earth.
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