Rison's Way

About the Book

Rison's Way shows the different areas of the American West and the people who lived and died there. Some of the stories contain humor, some dark tragedy. The West was not just about cowboys and Indians, lawmen and outlaws. People went west to start a new life, or escape the old one. Every town had an assortment of blacksmiths, cobblers, peddlers of household goods, and shady characters. The characters in Rison's Way represent a cross section of American life west of the Mississippi in the 19th century. Some lived, some died, but all were searching for part of the American dream.

About the Author

L. R. McQuern grew up on a farm in the midwest. From an early age, he loved being outdoors and exploring nature. As a baby boomer, he naturally grew up on the TV Westerns of the 1960's. His interest in the Old West took an even bigger turn when he found his first Louis L'Amour novel in a swap meet on the way to Florida. Since then, he has been a constant student of the Old West. In St. Louis he didn't go up into the arch, he spent the day in the bookstore underneath. He has explored Mesa Verde, learned to rope calves on a ranch in Colorado, wandered around an old mine near Laramie, and driven through the beauty of the Spanish Peaks. He continues to study the Old West and the amazing people who settled there.