This Thy Brother
By (Author) Rod Miller
Thorndike Press
Thorndike Press
19th July 2023
Large Print Edition
United States
General
Fiction
Historical fiction
Adventure fiction: Westerns
Hardback
371
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
The life they find in New Mexico is not what the Pate and Lewis families hoped for. Driven by disagreements with their father, eldest sons Richard and Melvin abandon the Pate family to join eastbound freighters on the Santa Fe Trail, an antidote that provides no relief. Younger brother Abel works with his father to build a ranching empire atop the Pajarito Plateau, while the Lewis family establishes a mercantile network in Santa Fe and outlying communities. Together, the families work for prosperity while the departed sons turn toward a different future. Will a tenuous foothold in a new land hold firm Can the broken families survive Will the prodigal sons return