Separate Trails is a continuation of the journey of Charlie & Emmett Cooper begun in Book One (Shoshone Pass). Although these two brothers have found love and excitement during their travels they are now at a crossroads. As they journey down their separate trails, will they find their way back to each other and the women they love?

Would you like to know what these two brothers are thinking? "You know Charlie, I got to thinking just the other day that I haven't felt this relieved since we dispatched Henry Lansdale." "Why do you say that, Em?" "If we were to do it all over again, would we have left MorningStar Farm during the spring of 1879 for adventure and to find out if we had what it takes to survive out west, who we've become, and what we've accomplished?" "Yes. Wouldn't you?" "Lately, I've had my doubts, but in the grand scheme of things I am glad that we did. There are times when I wished we knew then, what we...

Two brothers living in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains during the Reconstruction Era yearn for something different other than working on their father's farm. Striking out on their own with very little money in their pockets and searching for jobs where they can put their skills to use. Once they arrive in Omaha they end up washing dishes for free food and continue to search for jobs. Thad Olson enters their lives with an offer of a dollar-a-day, horse with saddle, and to be treated fairly at his Flaming Creek ranch in the shadow of the Teton Mountains in Southwestern Wyoming. Once they...