The El Dorado Trilogy, Book 1, 1846-1849: It should have been a walk in the park. Thorough planning, sound outfitting, and faith would make it so. But the preacher hired the wrong man to take him to Oregon Territory, and that will cost him a wife. The Cheyenne say it was prophesied. The Catholic priest calls it the will of the Lord. As for the bourgeois at Fort Laramie and the army sergeant posted there, they care not whose fault it is. They are just glad to have the pretty woman stop by. Winner, Columbine Book Award. Winner, Colorado Publishers Award. Recommended reading, Southwest Education Classes, Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado.
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Whether read as an adventure tale, a quest, a love story, a character study or a narrative of survival, it succeeds on all levels. It is a western which transcends the genre; it is a novel to be savored, loved, hated, but never ignored. This is an editor's choice for one of the best books of 1995. --Doris Meredith, Book Editor, Western Writers of America, January 1996.
Along with her extensive research on the Mormons, Ramstetter also researched Indian lifestyles, especially the Cheyenne. Her study also extended to the environment of the great Southwest and the missions there...Trust me. Read the book. ----A. M. Wilks, Highland Book Review, June 1996
Over the Mountains of the Moon deserves a wider audience and greater critical attention than a book from a small press is likely to attract. For it is an extraordinary work, a well-written, realistic, unromantic look at several historical and cultural aspects of the West in 1846...a stunning picture of life along the Oregon Trail. --Amarillo Sunday News-Globe, January 7, 1996
Along with her extensive research on the Mormons, Ramstetter also researched Indian lifestyles, especially the Cheyenne. Her study also extended to the environment of the great Southwest and the missions there...Trust me. Read the book. ----A. M. Wilks, Highland Book Review, June 1996
Over the Mountains of the Moon deserves a wider audience and greater critical attention than a book from a small press is likely to attract. For it is an extraordinary work, a well-written, realistic, unromantic look at several historical and cultural aspects of the West in 1846...a stunning picture of life along the Oregon Trail. --Amarillo Sunday News-Globe, January 7, 1996
About the Author
Mary Ramstetter is a Colorado native and lives with her husband on their ranch outside Denver, Colorado. She co-edited the history book John Gregory County and has written numerous articles on Colorado history. She also writes historical narratives. She is the author of The El Dorado Trilogy, the saga of the Marchion and Harris famillies in the American West, 1846-1869. The El Dorado Trilogy titles are Over the Mountains of the Moon, Down the Valley of the Shadow, and Ride, Boldly Ride.
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This western is a good read, a seamless shift between western history and fiction. I would call it a western folk novel.
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This novel is so entertaining, suspensful, historical, and hard to put down. The characters are real, imperfect, and memorable. I can hardly wait to read the sequel and find out what happens to folks that seem to have come alive.
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Wild adventure of a young mans travel to the west, history!,
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A delightful trip through the wild west, unpredictible and exciting. One would have thought they were traveling along. Very discriptive and well done!
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