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Zeb Simms: Mountain Man: Hard Men Rough Ways: A Western Adventure
A brand new Mountain Man sequel from John Sammon!
It is 1830. American officials want to acquire Oregon Country (Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washington State), to become a part of the United States. They want to extend America from the Atlantic to the Pacific, called “Manifest Destiny.”
But British officials want to annex Oregon Territory for England.
Operatives of the American Fur Company, an American-owned cartel of beaver pelt trappers in Oregon Country, are suspicious that trappers of the British-owned (Canadian) Hudson’s Bay Company are deliberately over-killing beavers, hoping American trappers will stop coming into the area---allowing the English to take over the territory.
To prevent this, American officials send an unscrupulous man, Milam Wilson, to lead an expedition of roughneck trappers to deliberatively provoke an incident between American and British trappers that will start a war---a war the U.S. will win---so Americans can take Oregon Country.
Famed mountain man Zeb Simms is hired to guide the expedition, but unsuspecting of Milam’s true motives, hopes for a peaceful solution.
What follows is an armed clash between British and American rival beaver trappers in a rugged area along what is today the Snake River. Starvation follows in a howling wilderness, a struggle for survival of the most brutal kind.
Grab your copy today!
It is 1830. American officials want to acquire Oregon Country (Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washington State), to become a part of the United States. They want to extend America from the Atlantic to the Pacific, called “Manifest Destiny.”
But British officials want to annex Oregon Territory for England.
Operatives of the American Fur Company, an American-owned cartel of beaver pelt trappers in Oregon Country, are suspicious that trappers of the British-owned (Canadian) Hudson’s Bay Company are deliberately over-killing beavers, hoping American trappers will stop coming into the area---allowing the English to take over the territory.
To prevent this, American officials send an unscrupulous man, Milam Wilson, to lead an expedition of roughneck trappers to deliberatively provoke an incident between American and British trappers that will start a war---a war the U.S. will win---so Americans can take Oregon Country.
Famed mountain man Zeb Simms is hired to guide the expedition, but unsuspecting of Milam’s true motives, hopes for a peaceful solution.
What follows is an armed clash between British and American rival beaver trappers in a rugged area along what is today the Snake River. Starvation follows in a howling wilderness, a struggle for survival of the most brutal kind.
Grab your copy today!
Kindle Edition
Published June 1, 2021
About the author
John Sammon
66 booksJohn W. Sammon is a versatile author, freelance writer, actor and (former) newspaper reporter who has written 42 books across a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction genres.
His writing styles and roles cover several areas:
Creature Horror novels:
His newest novel The Parasitoid Horror about a swarm of DNA-mutated giant wasps that kill human victims and use their bodies as birth incubators was released on September 7. It is the third in a series of adventures involving deadly beasts, exotic locales, romance and a hero marine biologist who in his job must scuba dive and is terrified to do so.
The second of these three creature horror books, Infested Waters, got this response from a reader.
“This is a truly great book.”
His other books include:
Historical Fiction and Westerns: He writes gritty frontier tales and historical adventure novels, including works focused on the American West like The Donner Party: Whispered Pleadings In The Wind Swept Snow.
Non-Fiction and Journalism: He has worked as a newspaper reporter and freelance journalist covering community news, historical tragedies, and deep-dive human interest profiles.
Political Commentary: He writes opinion columns and political punditry pieces on current events.
Comedy and Humor: He produces lighthearted humor and comedy writing alongside his serious historical work
Screenplays: He writes scripts for film and media projects, drawing on his background as a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) actor and film narrator.
Films and television:
He has been an actor appearing in the films including the sci fi movies Deathsport (1978), It lives Again (1978), One from the Heart (1981) a musical romantic drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and also playing a thug on the television series General Hospital. He has narrated historical documentary films.
His writing styles and roles cover several areas:
Creature Horror novels:
His newest novel The Parasitoid Horror about a swarm of DNA-mutated giant wasps that kill human victims and use their bodies as birth incubators was released on September 7. It is the third in a series of adventures involving deadly beasts, exotic locales, romance and a hero marine biologist who in his job must scuba dive and is terrified to do so.
The second of these three creature horror books, Infested Waters, got this response from a reader.
“This is a truly great book.”
His other books include:
Historical Fiction and Westerns: He writes gritty frontier tales and historical adventure novels, including works focused on the American West like The Donner Party: Whispered Pleadings In The Wind Swept Snow.
Non-Fiction and Journalism: He has worked as a newspaper reporter and freelance journalist covering community news, historical tragedies, and deep-dive human interest profiles.
Political Commentary: He writes opinion columns and political punditry pieces on current events.
Comedy and Humor: He produces lighthearted humor and comedy writing alongside his serious historical work
Screenplays: He writes scripts for film and media projects, drawing on his background as a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) actor and film narrator.
Films and television:
He has been an actor appearing in the films including the sci fi movies Deathsport (1978), It lives Again (1978), One from the Heart (1981) a musical romantic drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and also playing a thug on the television series General Hospital. He has narrated historical documentary films.
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