Gary McCarthy is the author of fourteen published American historical and thirty-four western novels in addition to his very enjoyable, informative four-volume "Our American West." In 1993, his "The Gila River" won the Western Writers of America's Golden Spur Award as the best historical paperback novel of that year. His 1991 "Russian River" California historical novel, and 2003 Arizona Western novel "Restitution" were Spur Award Finalists. He received widespread recognition for a series of novels relating to our national parks. All of his novels have been adapted to audio format. The author i...