White Ghost of the Mountains - E-book - ePub

White Ghost of the Mountains; a gritty tale, circa 1820, tells of hard living frontiersmen whose lives converge in the rescue of a young man raised from infancy by a deer-tiger and Indian priestess, leading to the stories surprise ending. Barclay's pursuit of cross country adventure takes him into the Rocky Mountains where he battles men and beasts. There he finds peace and a woman to love but she is tragically taken from him.
Once again alone he wanders back to the Midwest. Johnathan, another man of the wilderness ends up in St Louis where he builds a working relationship with a businessman, Richard Clements. Eventually, he leaves but later returns to find Richard's family splintered. As a favor to his friend, he and his ward Davey set out to find the second son and his offspring who disappeared years before. They discover and rehabilitate the deer-tiger man who is the surviving grandson of his friend.
The wild-man escapes when the other two are captured and face certain death at the hands of the uncle bent on murder and revenge. Barclay witnesses the deer-tiger man being hunted down and shot. He cares for him, frees the captives and then, joined by his Indian friends, assists in battle against the uncle's forces in the climax of the unfolding drama. "I'm walking in a green valley where birds sing and sun dapples the undergrowth...
suddenly the air is charged with intense energy ...my heart pounds as two grizzly cubs scoot by. Behind me there is a heavy thumping noise. As it crescendos, I turn, grabbing for my pistol. My mind takes in a picture of brown hair and yellow teeth, The explosion hits!"