Where The River Runs
1990
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3.90
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256
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In the warm months of 1849 twelve men leave Fort Leavenworth on a peace expedition to the far-flung Indian nations. Led by West Point-educated Captain Jedediah Owen, they take the American Fur Company steamboat up the Missouri River to Fort Union and then vanish into the wilderness. Months go by, and the army asks Jean Gallant, American Fur's finest scout, to search for the missing party. Gallant is more than happy to take on this assignment and visit his many Indian wives, but his inconclusive findings lead the army to believe the members of the peace party are dead. But Captain Owen's strong-minded fiancée, Susannah Saint George, refuses to believe that he is dead. She'll take a packet up the river come spring and find the Captain. She'll hire Gallant to lead her across the thawing plains to find the man who left her with the words, "Where the river runs, there will I be."
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Author
Richard S. Wheeler
Author · 54 books
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. See this thread for more information. There are other authors with this name. One writes Marine Corps history. Another, Civil War history. Another writes in the political sciences. Richard S. (Shaw) Wheeler was born in Milwaukee in 1935 and grew up in nearby Wauwatosa.
