In this gathering of columns and articles, Vernon Schmid touches, provokes, gouges, tickles, and challenges his readers. A United Methodist pastor, and author of "Watie's Wolves" (iUniverse, 2007), he has been a horse trainer, ranch hand, wrangler, Rocky Mountain trail guide, radio announcer, country, rock-a-billy, folksinger and educator. His first novel, "Seven Days of the Dog," was a Heekin Group Fiction Finalist and his collection of poetry, "Hog Killers and Other Poems" was a Northwoods Poetry Prize winner. A member of the Western Writers of America, his popular magazine column "Horse...
In this gathering of columns and articles, Vernon Schmid touches, provokes, gouges, tickles, and challenges his readers. A United Methodist pastor, an...
Set in Indian Territory during the Civil War, "Watie's Wolves" follows the violent adventures of a mixed-breed Cherokee, Jacob Welles, and three boyhood friends who evolve into a special unit of scouts within the famed Cherokee Mounted Rifles led by Stand Watie, the last confederate general to surrender.
With an underlying current of tribal factionalism, they participate in and witness the decimation of Indian Territory as the conflagration of war destroys lives and dreams, not the least of which is Jacob's love for Rachel Creech and their hopes for a future together. The loss of friends...
Set in Indian Territory during the Civil War, "Watie's Wolves" follows the violent adventures of a mixed-breed Cherokee, Jacob Welles, and three boyho...
Rags Bandy, a lanky old arthritic cowboy, returns to the upper Arkansas River Valley of Colorado where he worked as a young cowboy on his late uncle's ranch. Surprisingly the present owners hire him to work on the ranch near the Chalk Cliffs and Mt. Princeton. He strikes up a deep friendship with a young woman (Sarah Caldwell), three other aged cowboys (Tom Longworth, Billy Sidler and Carl Banner), the young cowboys working on the ranch as well as the owners and their attractive aunt. As he settles into his job the idyllic atmosphere is interrupted by a bank robbery and the kidnapping of...
Rags Bandy, a lanky old arthritic cowboy, returns to the upper Arkansas River Valley of Colorado where he worked as a young cowboy on his late uncle's...
A collection of muster rolls for the Cherokee Mounted Rifles, Confederate States of America, during the Civil War. Great for family history research and general knowledge about a little known aspect of the war.
A collection of muster rolls for the Cherokee Mounted Rifles, Confederate States of America, during the Civil War. Great for family history research a...
Set in rural southeast Kansas in the 1950's this tale of murder, mayhem and love is the long awaited sequel to the popular novel SEVEN DAYS OF THE DOG.
Set in rural southeast Kansas in the 1950's this tale of murder, mayhem and love is the long awaited sequel to the popular novel SEVEN DAYS OF THE DOG...
