Beauty for Ashes

By: Win Blevins

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Synopsis: A tale of love and the American mountain man, from the author of So Wild a Dream After setting off from Pennsylvania to join the ranks of the fur trappers working the Rocky Mountains, Beauty for Ashes picks up where So Wild a Dream left off in this hit sequel from master Western writer Win Blevins. Sam Morgan, traveling with his coyote pup Coy, sets off on foot from the Sweetwater River of Wyoming to Fort Atkinson on the Missouri. Joining up with a brigade to trap beaver, Morgan encounters the warring Lakota and pesky bears, along with a whole lot of adventure along the way. When Morgan goes in search of the beautiful Crow woman Meadowlark, his attempt to win the hand of Meadowlark will lead to one full-hearted, perhaps foolhardy attempt to claim her as his wife. Beauty for Ashes captures the thrills and hardships of early American fur trappers, weaving a tight and compelling love story along the way. Part nostalgia, part reminder to live in the moment, Beauty for Ashes is one of the finer novels written on this oft-forgotten slice of greater Americana, and its exacting prose serves to carry the reader pleasantly toward the story's inevitable conclusion.