- Take a journey with Philip Trahern, Erastus Courtney, and a dog named Dixie.
- "He who finds a wife, finds a good thing."
- When loneliness follows you, how do you conquer it?
- Philip Trahern's search took him from one side of the country to the other.
- This book is the springboard to the next Tahern novel, so should be read first.
http://www.amazon.com/Loneliest-Mountains-Traherns-Western-Historical-ebook/dp/B00IH3JRA6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1392530026&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Loneliest+Man+in+the+Mountains
PRAISE FOR The Loneliest Man in the Mountain: "I have read all the Trahern books, they are all good and this one is really a pleasure to read. It is fun, happy, sad and a good ending. It is just plain wonderful." samann
EXCERPT:
I brought down the young woman last, who started to cry when I picked her up.
“Thank you. Thank you,” she gasped between tears.
“What happened?” I asked.
“An avalanche. It wiped out our entire valley. Except for the school. These are the children.”
“You were teaching them?”
“Yes.”
The children looked half-starved. “How long ago?”
“Three months. I was trying to wait until the snow was gone. But we ran out of food, and the elk had all gone to the lower elevations during the winter.”
I brought her down and handed her over to Erastus, who held her like a precious package.
“Hello,” he said. “I’m Erastus Courtney. You and the kids are safe now. Philip and me, we’ll take care of you. We got us some food, and enough horses here to get your whole school out of these here mountains. Don’t you worry none.”
She threw her arms around his neck and hung on, tight as a cocklebur in a mare’s tail.
The kids all stood around in a huddle, too exhausted to act like children. Dixie walked among them, her tail wagging, licking their hands. She loved kids.
EXCERPT:
I brought down the young woman last, who started to cry when I picked her up.
“Thank you. Thank you,” she gasped between tears.
“What happened?” I asked.
“An avalanche. It wiped out our entire valley. Except for the school. These are the children.”
“You were teaching them?”
“Yes.”
The children looked half-starved. “How long ago?”
“Three months. I was trying to wait until the snow was gone. But we ran out of food, and the elk had all gone to the lower elevations during the winter.”
I brought her down and handed her over to Erastus, who held her like a precious package.
“Hello,” he said. “I’m Erastus Courtney. You and the kids are safe now. Philip and me, we’ll take care of you. We got us some food, and enough horses here to get your whole school out of these here mountains. Don’t you worry none.”
She threw her arms around his neck and hung on, tight as a cocklebur in a mare’s tail.
The kids all stood around in a huddle, too exhausted to act like children. Dixie walked among them, her tail wagging, licking their hands. She loved kids.
