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Rendezvous #4
Heaven Is a Long Way Off: A Novel of the Mountain Men
On a mission to save his daughter’s life, a courageous adventurer contends with raging rivers, hostile enemies, and harrowing memories in this gripping historical novel based on the lives of America’s mountain men
Five years after leaving Pennsylvania to seek his fortune in the West, Sam Morgan has experienced the epic highs and grim lows of a frontiersman’s life. When he and his Crow Indian wife were expelled from Mexican California along with the rest of Jedediah Smith’s brigade of fur trappers, Sam rushed the pregnant and ailing Meadowlark to the mission at Monterey—only to watch helplessly as his worst nightmare became reality.
Forced to leave his infant daughter, Esperanza, behind, Sam heads once again into the vast and treacherous wilderness between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. In Santa Fe, he finds comfort in the arms of the beautiful widow Doña Paloma and makes enough money to rescue his daughter. But when Sam returns to California, he learns that Esperanza has been kidnapped. Rescuing her will be the mountain man’s most dangerous and challenging adventure yet.
Five years after leaving Pennsylvania to seek his fortune in the West, Sam Morgan has experienced the epic highs and grim lows of a frontiersman’s life. When he and his Crow Indian wife were expelled from Mexican California along with the rest of Jedediah Smith’s brigade of fur trappers, Sam rushed the pregnant and ailing Meadowlark to the mission at Monterey—only to watch helplessly as his worst nightmare became reality.
Forced to leave his infant daughter, Esperanza, behind, Sam heads once again into the vast and treacherous wilderness between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. In Santa Fe, he finds comfort in the arms of the beautiful widow Doña Paloma and makes enough money to rescue his daughter. But when Sam returns to California, he learns that Esperanza has been kidnapped. Rescuing her will be the mountain man’s most dangerous and challenging adventure yet.
304 pages, Hardcover
First published October 3, 2006
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March 5, 2022
That was different for me. I think I’ll
Read another Win Blevins. I believe the history of the beaver traders of the west before it was the USA.
Read another Win Blevins. I believe the history of the beaver traders of the west before it was the USA.
April 20, 2021
This book, although historically based, was a much easier read than Stone Song. This book follows the journey of Sam Morgan as he struggles with life and survival as a beaver trapper/mountain man in the late 1820's. I found nothing that really jumps out at me of note in this tale. What I did like is the fact that Mr. Blevins is considerate enough to give a brief synopsis of the first three books in this series, The Rendezvous Series. This book is the fourth in the series but can easily be read independently.
February 28, 2018
Another excellent Mountain Men book.
I believe this series of books about the lives and times of the American Mountain Men are making the best ever written and for that reason I highly recommend reading the entire series.
I believe this series of books about the lives and times of the American Mountain Men are making the best ever written and for that reason I highly recommend reading the entire series.
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