Shadow of The Hawk

296 Pages. As New book with flawless interior text pages. This book is the vivid and suspenseful story of mountain-man Mike McCloskey, a run-away slave Thaddeus, and a young orphan Jericho, whose lives cross paths becoming lifelong friends. As time passes Jericho becomes a sheriff, Thaddeus moves into town, but Mike continues to live and trap with his Indian wife and daughter in the mountains even though the days are numbered for his kind of life. When Mike heads into town to purchase supplies, he defends an Indian friend s life from outlaw cowboys and sets in motion a collision of mishaps a single mistake changes his life and the lives of friends and enemies alike. Ron Honthaner is a film and TV veteran whose first script for Gunsmoke landed him a job on the series, going on to write other scripts for the show, then working as post production supervisor and later, associate producer. He was the recipient of two Cowboy Hall of Fame awards for his work on the Gunsmoke producing team. This is his newest book and was created over his decades of working in the Western genre, motivated by a devotion to cowboy culture and the danger and stark heroism of the wilds early of America. …