Free Trapper's Pass; Or, The Gold-Seeker's Daughter!

It's 1882, and the American West remains untamed. On a tributary of the Yellowstone River where the Bighorn Mountains rise against the sky, a father and daughter face the terror of a Blackfeet raid. Major Robison and his beautiful daughter Adele are taken captive, their cabin left smoking behind them. John Howell, a friend, fights desperately against the attackers but cannot prevent the capture. What follows is a gripping adventure through the mountain pass and across frontier territory, as rescue parties mobilize and the captives endure the perils of captivity. The novel pulses with the urgency of rescue and the raw dangers of the frontier, where every sunrise might bring salvation or death. Written in 1882 when the West was still being won, this is adventure fiction in its earliest form, capturing a moment when the frontier's legends were still raw and real. It will appeal to readers who want to see how an earlier generation imagined their frontier history.