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The North Fork: A Tale of the Southwestern Frontier
The North Fork is an historical novel telling the overlapping stories of people from three conflicting cultures, struggling to survive on the southwestern frontier during the turbulent decades after the Civil War.
... blends history and imagination, historical figures and fictional characters to create an exciting Western novel about a unique place and time. --- Roundup Magazine, Western Writers of America
... an engaging story that concludes with an intriguing twist. --- Oklahoma City Oklahoman
The plot, based on actual events, offers plenty of action and history, plus a little romance and mystery. In addition to notable historic figures such as Quanah Parker, Colonel George Armstrong Custer and Lone Wolf, readers will find a host of colorful fictional characters, including Red Eagle, a Kiowa chief trying to preserve his way of life; Tom Carter, a trail hand with a quick temper; and Molly Harding, a Texas farm girl with a secret..
The North Fork begins during the days when the South Plains were known as Comancheria , the exclusive domain of the Comanches and Kiowas, unsafe for the white man or any other Native American tribe. After the tribes are forced onto the reservation, millions of Texas Longhorns are driven across the North Fork, up the Western Cattle Trail to Dodge City, and giant Texas cattle companies gain control of the region. Eventually, settlers find their way to the North Fork. Hungry for land and seeking new lives, they come in covered wagons loaded with families and all their possessions.
Indian raids and uprisings, the destruction of the buffalo herds, creation of the reservations, cattle drives, the Red River boundary dispute, arrival of the homesteaders, and other historic events shape the destinies of the people who live along the North Fork--where their cultures will clash but their personal lives will become entangled in ways they never imagined.
... blends history and imagination, historical figures and fictional characters to create an exciting Western novel about a unique place and time. --- Roundup Magazine, Western Writers of America
... an engaging story that concludes with an intriguing twist. --- Oklahoma City Oklahoman
The plot, based on actual events, offers plenty of action and history, plus a little romance and mystery. In addition to notable historic figures such as Quanah Parker, Colonel George Armstrong Custer and Lone Wolf, readers will find a host of colorful fictional characters, including Red Eagle, a Kiowa chief trying to preserve his way of life; Tom Carter, a trail hand with a quick temper; and Molly Harding, a Texas farm girl with a secret..
The North Fork begins during the days when the South Plains were known as Comancheria , the exclusive domain of the Comanches and Kiowas, unsafe for the white man or any other Native American tribe. After the tribes are forced onto the reservation, millions of Texas Longhorns are driven across the North Fork, up the Western Cattle Trail to Dodge City, and giant Texas cattle companies gain control of the region. Eventually, settlers find their way to the North Fork. Hungry for land and seeking new lives, they come in covered wagons loaded with families and all their possessions.
Indian raids and uprisings, the destruction of the buffalo herds, creation of the reservations, cattle drives, the Red River boundary dispute, arrival of the homesteaders, and other historic events shape the destinies of the people who live along the North Fork--where their cultures will clash but their personal lives will become entangled in ways they never imagined.
288 pages, Paperback
Published March 1, 2005
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