Indian Territory - Softcover

"Matt Braun has a genius for taking real characters out of the Old West and giving them flesh-and-blood immediacy." --Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee "Matt Braun is a master storyteller of frontier history." --Elmer Kelton "Matt Braun is head and shoulders above all the rest who would attempt to bring the gunmen of the old west to life." --Terry C. Johnston, author of The Plainsmen series

The railroad's drive to close the great distances of the wild American West was treacherous. One man was hired to troubleshoot--and, along the way, he grew to admire the Indian way of life....and a Cherokee maiden. When hired gun John Ryan heads into Indian Territory with a brawling crew of railroad workers, a battle of bloodshed and treachery ensues. But when he later meets the proud Cherokees--and the beautiful daughter of and embattled chief--Ryan sees for himself how his employer's steel rails are splitting the heart of a people's last home. Can his conscience keep him from pulling the trigger?