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    Two for the West

    By David M. Delo

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    The trilogy tells of both Martin, and a Missouri Quaker girl, Edith, who head west in 1864. They fall in love on the banks of the Missouri, then separate. Each works through 4 rough years, then reunite in Wyoming. Martin becomes a military post trader, they marry, and settle at Martin's post on the Shoshone Indian Reservation. While they fight disease, a 100-year storm, and hostile Indians, Martin's companions, Buck and Chad, land in Helena, MT, to work in Buck's uncle's gold mine. The uncle dies in an accident, and Buck marries his uncle's former wife,Cheryl. Martin drives cattle to Helena. The three unite. Martin invites the two to leave and come to Wyoming. Buck drinks heavily from guilt, then discovers Cheryl is in league with thieves. The mine and money disappear, and Cheryl leaves Buck. In 1900, the same year Chief Washakie dies, the railroad reaches Wyoming cattle country, and Buck kills Cheryl.Chad pulls him out of jail and the two head for Wyoming.

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    PublisherDavid M. Delo
    Release dateSep 1, 2018
    ISBN9780463646236
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    David M. Delo

    Bio of author David M. Delo I’ve never been great at anything, but I have been around and have had as many failures as I have successes. After college, I was a C.I. agent for NATO (US Army) in Europe. Back in the USA, I became an educational administrator for the American Geological Institute, in Washington, D.C.; a systems analyst and V. P. at Levi Strauss & Co. in San Francisco; owner of a guest ranch in Wyoming; a P. R. writer for a university library in Illinois and grants writer for a not-for-profit organization in Montana; owner of a publishing company (Kingfisher Creations) through which I authored 10 books; and a semi-professional photographer for half a century. I have also been an artist since 1993 and I have been bipolar II since the mid-1960s. I guess you could say I have had a colorful life. Since the turn of the century, I have resided within the world of creativity. My books (and paintings) are my children and my heritage. My action-mysteries are based on my years in Europe. My historical novels are all based on places to which I have ventured, and I still love my protagonists with whom I identify–a geologist, an artist, a photographer, and an intrepid explorer of the west.

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