Where Rivers Run West
About
At sixteen, restless and dreaming of silver, Rory Fraser trades the familiar fields of his family’s Indiana farm for the perilous promise of Leadville, Colorado, a legendary boomtown where fortunes are made and lost in a single day.
Driven by the siren call of riches in the rugged Wild West, Rory plunges headlong into a world of unforgiving landscapes, backbreaking labor, and dangers he never imagined. Each rigorous mile and every grueling trial chips away at the naive farm boy, revealing a core of hidden resilience. From hopeful prospector to stalwart frontiersman, he forges himself anew against the stark backdrop of a brutal wilderness, enduring bitter cold and backbreaking labor.
Along the way, his quest for silver and gold fades, and Rory discovers that true wealth isn’t measured in the things that glitter, but are found in a life carved from the land itself, in the enduring spirit of human grit, and in a love born of the strength to stand fast against all odds.
Join Rory Fraser on an epic journey of survival, self-discovery, and the enduring power of love and a life truly lived.
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Praise for this book
I liked the history base all though the story of the West in the late 1800s. I liked the protagonist 's character, values of life, and the work ethic to build for the future with the stick-to-it when the work was raw with heavy heaves of the body. The determination of building for the future that made the West grow from wild to ease for families. Parts of the book of the protagonist 's jobs of hauling silver ore mines in Colorado's high mountains. Some of the scenes the author's words pulled me into the tenseness of life and death stories whereas I could hear all the different sounds, and capturing the fearful thoughts during the dangerous problems.
The author showed great skill with his choices of words through out the complete book.
I recommend this book to those who likes history combined with good clean fiction.