In the warm months of 1849 twelve men leave Fort Leavenworth on a peace expedition to the far-flung Indian nations. Led by West Point-educated Captain Jedediah Owen, they take the American Fur Company steamboat up the Missouri River to Fort Union and then vanish into the wilderness. Months go by, and the army asks Jean Gallant, American Fur's finest scout, to search for the missing party. Gallant is more than happy to take on this assignment and visit his many Indian wives, but his inconclusive findings lead the army to ...
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In the warm months of 1849 twelve men leave Fort Leavenworth on a peace expedition to the far-flung Indian nations. Led by West Point-educated Captain Jedediah Owen, they take the American Fur Company steamboat up the Missouri River to Fort Union and then vanish into the wilderness. Months go by, and the army asks Jean Gallant, American Fur's finest scout, to search for the missing party. Gallant is more than happy to take on this assignment and visit his many Indian wives, but his inconclusive findings lead the army to believe the members of the peace party are dead. But Captain Owen's strong-minded fiancee, Susannah Saint George, refuses to believe that he is dead. She'll take a packet up the river come spring and find the Captain. She'll hire Gallant to lead her across the thawing plains to find the man who left her with the words, Where the river runs, there will I be.
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Richard Wheeler has earned gold with Where the River Runs. Having read quite a few of Mr. Wheelers novels, I was excited when Alibris recommended this as a good read, because of my interests. I really enjoyed this novel, and was really glad to buy a nice used hard-bound large text edition. I was reading along at a chapter or so a day for entertainment, when I got about midway through and the characters converged in the story, At this point I could not put the book down and finished it promptly. Where the River Runs was so good that I recommended it to my daughter, who also found it to be eye candy and stayed up until 330 in the morning to finish it. Thank you Mr. Wheeeler for a real good story.
