Trapper's Moon

Sequel to the Golden Spur Award winner The Medicine Horn

Lemuel Hawke and his fifteen-year-old son, Morgan, are used to hard work and a hard life--they'd scratched out a living as farmers on unforgiving land. But nothing prepared them for the dangers of the trail they follow west, heading for the rich fur-trapping grounds of the Rocky Mountains.

Nature threatens the Hawkes with storms, floods, and deadly cold--but Nature's fury is not the only peril father and son must face. As they follow the trail laid by those who went before, so others follow them: an unscrupulous fur trader out to claim other men's wealth as his own; a man bent on avenging his murdered brother; a woman scorned.

Luckily, Lem and Morgan have allies: a band of trappers and mountain men whose gruff exteriors mask fierce loyalty and hard-won wisdom...and the Indians who see in young Morgan the beginnings of a powerful strength of spirit.

Praise for Jory Sherman

"Trapper's Moon takes us on a rough but exhilarating journey of discovery with a colorful group of trappers and Indians, bound for the Shining Mountains. It is quite a ride."
--Elmer Kelton, author of The Good Old Boys

"A vigorous look at the world of the mountain men of the old West."
--Publishers Weekly

"Jory paints word pictures with remarkable skill. His characters come to life against a rich historical background."
--Janet Dailey, author of Aspen Gold