2019
First Published
4.36
Average Rating
302
Number of Pages
In this latest book from Cherokee Parks, the first book in The Trader saga, we follow the steps of one of the hundreds of unnamed men who traveled west in the early 1800s. Called by some strange force that beckoned him to leave the safety and comfort of hearth and home for the wild, untamed Rocky Mountains and all their adventures, dangers and treasures, this man was destined to become one of the men we know today as “The Mountain Men.” Thomas Samuel “Tree” Bell was a gigantic man for his day, standing six feet ten inches and weighing nearly three hundred pounds while only eighteen years old. Unlike many others his size, Tree was not only strong, but also fleet of foot, a skilled archer, extremely accurate with his long gun, an excellent horseman and highly intelligent. Of Scottish and Cherokee heritage, Tree spoke several languages, a skill that would come in handy more than once and allow him to learn even more languages as he traveled from tribe to tribe as The Trader. Tree made his mark in the west among both red and white man alike, yet his name, like so many others, was lost to history…
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