Can a family that is suspiciously different from its neighbors coexist with them? Can it overcome the prejudices and fears of the mainstream citizenry and build a peaceful, prosperous life? "Juniper Country" builds the setting for this question, then lets readers answer it for themselves. The story begins with three diverse families settling the remote high desert country of the northern Great Basin in the 1870s West near the future town of Juniper. One of these families, the James, is quite different than the other two. And their lives quickly clash over conflicting goals, heritage, and...

"Juniper Town" is the story of a small high desert 1950s town that parallels the growth of young Steve White with the mission of two influential men from the East, Robert Pruitt, a banker, and Axel Baker, an attorney. During his school years young Steve experiences, a bullying nemesis, a secret puppy love for the girl next door, a cold-hearted mother who loves his older brother more, a friend tormented by the abuse of a priest, angst about the Russians and nuclear war, and average grades and talents amidst the backdrop of this nostalgic, quintessential American era. Likewise, Pruitt and Baker...