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    The Smoky Hill
    The Smoky Hill
    The Smoky Hill
    Audiobook7 hours

    The Smoky Hill

    Written by Don Coldsmith

    Narrated by Maynard Villers

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    About this audiobook

    Through the rolling grasslands of Kansas runs the Smoky Hill River, a rich source of opportunity for those bold enough to risk the dream-killing territory. For Gabe, mountain-man and scout, the river means freedom and a chance to map unexplored territory with the Great Pathfinder, John Charles Fremont. For Lem, an Illinois farm boy in pursuit of gold, it is a cruel foe who robs him of his family and his youth. For Jesse, a young Union corporal, this is the country that took his father and uncle and where he must fight warring Indians.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks in Motion
    Release dateJan 15, 2012
    ISBN9781605489988
    The Smoky Hill
    Author

    Don Coldsmith

    Don Coldsmith (1926-2009) was the Spur Award-winning author of more than thirty-five books, including his renowned Spanish Bit saga. After serving as a combat medic in the Pacific during World War II, Coldsmith served as a physician in Emporia, Kansas, until 1988 when he closed his office to devote himself to writing. Coldsmith was voted one of the greatest western writers of the twentieth century by the Western Writers of America.

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