Rivers West Over one million books were sold in paperback! Rivers West is one of the most exciting frontier series of our time… tales of mountain men and intrepid women, pioneer families and Native American warriors. Here is the story of North America in all its awesome splendor. Across the far western edge of the Great Plains, where the prairie met the mountains, ran the cool, clear waters of the South Platte River, drawing farmers, traders, and trappers to a land long held sacred by two proud tribes. But as more and more pioneers clamored to stake their claim along the pure-running river, the conflict between settler and native threatened to explode into all-out war. Men and women on both sides fought to protect their families, their fortunes, their future: Davey Longworth, a frontiersman who faced a terrible choice between love and friendship; Jan Van Nelle, a homesteader who put a higher value on the precious land than on human life; and Pauline Stewart, a beautiful bond servant who sought freedom in the arms of an Arapaho warrior. A destiny full of promise in a time of turmoil and danger awaited them along the sparkling banks of the South Platte.