Ten Mile Valley: A Western Story

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From a three-time Spur Awardwinner comes the tale of an orphaned boy who is forced to become a man.

Mark Kelton is eighteen years oldpart boy, part man. On the trail to set up a ranch in eastern Oregon, his parents are killed by an unknown assailant and their strongbox containing $8,000 is stolen.

Mark heads out onto the empty plain where he encounters Bronco Curtis, a man who knows what he wants, and Curtis befriends the young orphan. When Curtis was Marks age, an older man had done the same for him. Under Curtiss tutelage, Mark becomes a hardened rider and an experienced cowboy, capable in the use of firearms. In Ten Mile Valley, Curtis purchases a small cattle ranch and appoints Mark as his partner, even though Mark is destitute.

Even so, always at the back of Marks mind is the knowledge that, somewhere on the plains, the murderer of his parents still rides free. Mark is convinced that he cannot truly become a man until he finds that murdering thief.

Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction that takes place in the old West. Westernsbooks about outlaws, sheriffs, chiefs and warriors, cowboys and Indiansare a genre in which we publish regularly. Our list includes international bestselling authors like Zane Gray and Louis LAmour, and many more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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His knowledge of western lore is unsurpassed. Historical Novel Society
His knowledge of western lore is unsurpassed. Historical Novel Society

Author Bio

Wayne D. Overholser (19061996) was born in Pomeroy, Washington, to pioneer parents. Over his sixty-year writing career, he wrote more than one hundred novels and was awarded the Spur Award three times for Law Man, The Violent Land, and The Meeker Massacre. In 1989, he was awarded the Saddleman Award for outstanding contributions to the literature of the West. Overholser lived in Boulder, Colorado.