GOLDEN SPUR WINNER From the frontier South to the brawling, bawdy streets of still-French St. Louis, to the awesome grandeur of the high plains, Lem Hawke was the greatest of the Big Sky Mountain Men. He lived hard, loved hard, and when he fought, it was war to the knife. THE MEDICINE HORN is the story of his life, loves and violent wars—an epic tale of the Old West as big as the frontier and as rugged as the men and women who made it their own. Praise for Jory Sherman "Jory Sherman is nothing less than a master storyteller of that time men flung themselves against the unknown, alone. Few can tell this tale... with as much authority—none with as much heart." —Terry C. Johnston, author of Long Winter Gone "Among today’s novelists of the Old American West, Jory Sherman has no peer for powerful, poetic storytelling. Read THE MEDICINE HORN and see a gifted writer at the top of his craft." —Dale L. Walker, Rocky Mountain News "THE MEDICINE HORN provides the perfect canvas for the broad, bold strokes of Jory Sherman's brush. To read the poetry of his prose is to be transported bodily to the wind-lashed plains and blue-iced peaks of Sherman country. He is a national treasurer" —Loren D. Estleman, author of WHISKEY RIVER

Sequel to the Golden Spur Award winner The Medicine HornLemuel Hawke and his fifteen-year-old son, Morgan, are used to hard work and a hard life—they'd scratched out a living as farmers on unforgiving land. But nothing prepared them for the dangers of the trail they follow west, heading for the rich fur-trapping grounds of the Rocky Mountains.Nature threatens the Hawkes with storms, floods, and deadly cold—but Nature's fury is not the only peril father and son must face. As they follow the trail laid by those who went before, so others follow an unscrupulous fur trader out to claim other men's wealth as his own; a man bent on avenging his murdered brother; a woman scorned.Luckily, Lem and Morgan have a band of trappers and mountain men whose gruff exteriors mask fierce loyalty and hard-won wisdom...and the Indians who see in young Morgan the beginnings of a powerful strength of spirit.Praise for Jory Sherman"Trapper's Moon takes us on a rough but exhilarating journey of discovery with a colorful group of trappers and Indians, bound for the Shining Mountains. It is quite a ride."—Elmer Kelton, author of The Good Old Boys"A vigorous look at the world of the mountain men of the old West."—Publishers Weekly"Jory paints word pictures with remarkable skill. His characters come to life against a rich historical background."—Janet Dailey, author of Aspen Gold