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Nate Grisham, A Black Mountain Man

 © Copyright 2006 W.R. Benton, all rights reserved

Years before, Nate Grisham ran from a Southern plantation to the shining mountains, an untamed land where the only law was what a man can enforce with a gun.  He became a black mountain man, with no desires other than to live free and trap his plews. He’d experienced plenty of trouble in life, from cruel slave overseers to Blackfoot Indians, but none compared to the difficulties now facing him and his partner Cotton Top—a white mountain man who stands head and shoulders above the rest.  Nate was a man in love with his mountains, but when Captain Taylor M. Donnelly brutally kills a colonel and his wife, following a robbery, Nate becomes involved.  Returning the Captain to the Army, the black mountain man assumes it’s finished, until Donnelly escapes and swears to have his revenge.  Donnelly becomes a cold-blooded killer and rapist, with little to lose, but nothing will keep him killing the big black man. 

A contract was signed with Saga Books to publish this book in 2006 and I'm pretty excited about it.  I think this book is a real winner, because it shows the struggles Nate has to face just to be treated like a man.  While he's rarely respected, he's learned to accept it and lives his life with only a few trusted friends. 

Y'all take care, stay safe, and keep yer powder dry,

W.R. Benton