Untamed Wilderness

About the Book

This novel depicts the legendary life and career of a hero of 19th century America. It describes his troubled youth and remarkable West Point training. A legendary rise through the ranks in the most challenging era of our nation’s history. The epic struggles of a young officer against the rigors of frontier America’s nature and the native Americans who occupied it. The story depicts the exploits and struggles encountered in exciting detail. The life and death conflicts leap from every page describing the superhuman accomplishments. It is told from the manifest destiny attitude of the era and how it was met by the resistance of the Native Americans it came into conflict with. The irresistible force meets the immovable object in an exciting and exhilarating tale.

About the Author

The author is a retired Law Enforcement Officer with a strong background in our Nation’s history. He depicts the position of the indigenous people of the region and those who were feeling the growing pains of a new country seeking to expand. He is passionately enamored with this era and describes it in an historically correct account. It is his desire to bring this enormously challenging time to life and describe the herculean efforts of our forefathers and the Native Americans that shared our country.