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A Comment by Win Blevins
I welcome Gary Lee (Benton) to the small fraternity of writers who love the mountain men.
An Endorsement by Matt Braun...
"RED RUNS THE PLAINS" is a crackerjack story written by a craftsman at the top of his form. A young boy, orphaned by a massacre, grows to manhood among mountain men and warrior tribes. Along the way he learns the meaning of loyalty and courage, and joins in the fight against betrayal and treachery. A whirlwind of a tale that will keep you turning pages.
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From W.R. Benton,
As a very young child, W.R. remembers sitting on his great-grandma's knee listening to her tell stories of the old west and of all the people she had known. These stories motivated him to tell his own tall tales of the wild-west and the people who settled it.
W.R. Benton grew up in the Missouri Ozark Mountains and retired from the United States military in 1997 with over twenty-six years of active duty. He has an Associates Degree in Search and Rescue, Survival Operations, a Bachelors Degree in Safety and Health, and a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology near completion.
W.R.is now a freelance writer and award-winning cartoonist . He specializes in Country (Redneck) Humor and Wilderness Survival Writing. His survival book, Simple Survival, A Family Outdoors Guide is the winner of the 2005 Silver Medal from the Military Writers Society of Amercia.
Recently he has devoted most of his time to writing the Drum Series of books, featuring Jeb, Moses, and Faye. This series is about a medically discharged Southern war veteran who takes two run-away slaves and turns to the Rocky Mountains to start a new life.
The Plains Series are being worked as well and they will eventually result in a number of Mountain Men books featuring the continuing saga of Jarel Wade, Ty Fisher, and many others. The time period is near 1825 and the books are action packed.
So, pull up a chair, relax and read about the Old West.
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