WR Benton writes the of the times in history where his characters visit real places, meeting famous names, and die like so many others have before them. Western Fiction and Historical Fiction, he writes both of them. Learn why the old west was called the wild west! For the best in Fiction, read WR Benton's books!
WR Benton's Western Fiction: On this page you'll find a listing of my books, their publishers and where you can order them.
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Books By W.R. Benton
The Plains Series (Mountain Men)
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In the Shadow of the Mountain(ISBN 14137-7056-8) had been released by Publish America (July 2005). Price is $19.95 Jeb and Mule are trading whiskey to the Indians for beaver pews when they are asked by the US army to attempt to stop a possible war with the Sioux by returning two women captives to them. Unknown to the two mountain men, the women are the wife and daughter of the Sioux war chief, Buffalo Bull, a man known to hate all white eyes. Purchase my book online at click here to order the book. |
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Ty Fisher and the Blood of the Mountain Men,(ISBN 1-59682-023-3) was published by Fultus. the story of a Missouri man who heads to the mountains to forget the horrible deaths of his whole family. He soon discovers no release from horror as a fellow trapper (Bull) turns killer and goes on a spree of not only killing trappers, but women as well. Ty, along with Crazy Wayne, trail Bull to avenge the deaths and to see justice done. Price is $19.95 |
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Death On the Mountain(ISBN 1-894936-44-2) has just been released by Saga Books. Price: $15.95. Jarel Wade is hired by an old miner to help bring six mules loaded with gold ore out of the high mountain country. As the old man lies dying following an Indian attack, Jarel gives his word to the miner that he will see both the gold and the miner's beautiful daughter to safety. Unknown to the young trapper, a large group of vicious white men want all of the gold for themselves and the Sioux have threatened to kill Jarel on sight for violating their sacred mountains. Since Jarel had given his word to the old miner he knows he has no alternative but to bring both the girl and the gold out, or die in the attempt. Enlisting help from two of his mountain friends, along with the assistance of an ancient runaway slave, and an old Mexican sheepherder, Jarel finally turns to face the group of vicious thieves and murderers on his back trail. It was time to start the dance. Click here to order the book. |
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Red Runs the Plains, Jarel Wade, a young southwestern Missouri boy starts his day like all others, but soon his entire life is changed when a group of Blackfoot Indians on the war path kill his family. Rescued from certain death by two old mountain men, Jarel discovers a new but dangerous way of life. Jarel becomes a mountain man. |
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War Paint, Young George Alwood the Third heads west to the Rocky Mountains, following an argument with his wealthy father. He has no idea what fate has in store for him. Teaming up with two experienced mountain men, Jeb and Hawk, he soon finds himself with an unwanted Indian wife, Falling Leaf. When the group spends the winter, high in the mountains, he learns to love her, and then discovers she is pregnant with their child. Returning to Fort Atkinson in the summer, George sells a small bag of gold to a sutler, which brings out deep greed in more than one man who witnesses the exchange. Soon after, with a brutality rarely seen out west, his wife and unborn child are killed, and this sets him on a bloody trail for revenge. The killers have not murdered just any woman, and he will not stop until he achieves payback for his lost family. |
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Silently Beats the Drum: (Volume 1 of the Drum Series) During the years he fought for the Southern Cause during the Civil War, Jeb Patton should have died countless times. Carrying only the precious memories of the girl he left behind, he survives until one night near a no name town in Arkansas he is severely wounded. Waking up in a tent with his right leg removed at the knee, Jeb loses the desire to live, until he meets a man more severely injured than he. Released by Saga Books. Released from the hospital, Jeb starts a long walk home with only one good leg and an old crutch. But, once at home Jeb Patton discovers that the girl he loves deeply no longer loves him. Thinking she does not want him because of his missing leg, Jeb takes Moses and Faye and moves west, to the shinning mountains. |
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James McKay, US Army Scout,
At the end of the Civil War, Confederate Colonel James McKay moves west in hopes of a brighter future. Having survived four years of slaughter and horror, he looks forward to peace and rebuilding – instead he finds death. Desperate financially, he's hired by the U.S. army to arrest men selling repeating rifles to the Sioux. When the gunrunners buy two Gatling guns, James knows it's time to make his play, and it's all or nothing. Following a gunfight in a saloon, ‘Wild Bill', leader of the gunrunners, escapes and is trailed by James. Captured by Sioux, Wild Bill is forced to make another run east to purchase more guns. At his side rides a white man taken captive as a child and raised as an Indian, who is to insure Wild Bill returns with the needed weapons. Will the gunrunner return with the guns, or will James discover a new adversary?
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Simple Survival, A Family Outdoors Guide, Learn how to keep you and your entire family alive duing a natural disaster, following a terrorist attack, or after becoming lost in the woods.
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