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Destined to Ride Alone - Softcover

Yoho, R.G.

 
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Synopsis

AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR

Fifteen-year-old, Jimmy Yeager’s entire world is thrown into turmoil when he joins several dozen other children who are placed on an Orphan Train in New York City. As the train chugs Westward, Reverend Charles Embry, of the Children’s Aid Society, promises young Jimmy that he will find him a good home.

In his brief but eventful time upon this earth, Yeager’s life has been marked by loss, disappointment, and loneliness. Jimmy watches out the railroad car window, as the locomotive clatters down the track with homes and civilization becoming more scattered; he wonders what kind of world awaits him in the West.

Adopted by a stoic, aged farmer, the possessor of old secrets and a once-vibrant, young wife, Jimmy fears his life of misfortune is only just beginning.

Saddle up and ride with Jimmy Yeager in this poignant coming-of-age adventure, one young man’s lonesome journey into the brutal and deadly, Western frontier…

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About the Author

R.G. Yoho is a West Virginia native with a passion for history and tales of the American West. Raised on a cattle farm, he is the prolific author of multiple Western novels, along with works of fiction and nonfiction. Yoho is a former president of the West Virginia Writers. Living with his wife near the banks of the Ohio River, Yoho is also a proud member of the Western Writers of America. To learn more about him and his work, go to: www.RGYoho.com.

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