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Conestoga Winter: A Story of Border Vengeance (Forbes Road) Paperback – May 3, 2013

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This is the second book in the Wend Eckert/Forbes Road series. Insurrection sweeps the border settlements! Young sharpshooter and gunsmith Wend Eckert returns to the Pennsylvania border settlements from his service as a scout during Pontiac's Rebellion. He is determined to take revenge against wealthy Indian trader Richard Grenough and his henchmen---the men who were responsible for the death of his family. But Eckert finds that the Ulster-Scot settlers of Sherman Valley and Paxton are infuriated by the refusal of the pacifist government in Philadelphia to help defend the border country from rampaging war parties. In frustration, rogue militiamen from Paxton attack the the peaceful Conestoga Indians of Lancaster in the belief that they have been providing assistance to the hostiles. Wend suddenly finds himself at odds with friends and neighbors as he tries to save his former school friend, Charlie Sawak of the Conestoga tribe. Over the long winter, Wend travels the Cumberland Valley to uncover the long tentacles of Grenough's conspiracy and finds the trader helped incite the attack on the Conestogas in order to distract attention from his treasonous operations. Wend realizes that he must resort to violence to bring justice to the outlaw trader. Then, in the midst of his private war, the young man finds himself romantically entangled with a woman who is the lover of his greatest enemy. Finally, on a winding, mountainous stretch of Forbes Road, Wend Eckert and his enemies meet in a climactic battle to the finish.

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Robert Shade is a retired military officer. He lives with his family on a farm in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. He has previously authored non-fiction articles in military professional publications and the novel Forbes Road: Love, War, and Revenge on the Pennsylvania Frontier.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sunshine Hill Press (May 3, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 322 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0615781276
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0615781273
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.73 x 9 inches

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Robert J. Shade lives with his wife, Cathy, one dog, one cat, and a small herd of rescue horses on a farm amid the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, he served as a career naval officer and subsequently founded and managed an accounting and consulting practice in Northern Virginia. In 2010 he sold his practice to concentrate on researching and writing the Forbes Road Series and other historical novels.

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W. B Crews

Solid story and good sequel to Forbes Road

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2014

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This novel picks up where Forbes Road left off with young Wend Eckert trying to reestablish his business and deal with personal loss in the aftermath of the Battle of Bushy Run. As he sets about sorting out his personal life and love interests he finds himself forced to deal with unfinished business in the person of a rogue operation running guns and ammunition to hostile Indian tribes. In the process we watch as Eckert becomes more Scots-Irish than they themselves.

Shade borrows heavily from actual events, such as the massacre of Conestoga Indians, and artfully modifies other episodes. Wend Eckert's stopping a wagon and pack convoy bearing trade goods destined for hostile tribes is very similar to the actions of "Black Boy Jimmy" Smith.

There are problems with the novel. Heterographs run amok. Bridal is used for bridle. A girl has a slim "waste." A man walks with a "gate." The descriptions of tavern life are anachronistic and much more akin to what the reader would see in a restaurant today than what they would encounter on the Pennsylvania frontier in the 18th century. There are too many extended descriptive conversations for my taste. The dialog can be clunky at time but it is improved over Forbes Road.

On the whole, the novel is well done and well worth the reading.

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Martin Johnson

Historical significant material wrapped in an exciting story

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2014

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I've often wondered about the settlement and colonial period of Pennsylvania and the push west. I've read both of Robert Shades' books on this period. The second book being a sequel to the first. There's significant early American history woven through an exciting personal story. I'm quite familiar with most of the area described in the story having travel ed over much of the area and fished some of the streams alluded too. This was helpful enabling me to envision scenes.

The character development was spread out which helped develop the imagination. The story line is believable throughout both books. Wend Eckert, the hero, does become bigger than life in some instances, however he's a young man with a big heart who appreciates the opportunities he's given. His vengeance is tempered by his will to help those he cares about.
The question is when will Robert Grenrow get his just dues?

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A wonderful combination of fact and fiction about a neglected period ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2014

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A wonderful combination of fact and fiction about a neglected period of American history. It is a believable and fast paced story and a worthy follow up to Forbes Road. In fact, if you read Forbes Road, I would recommend following it immediately with Conestoga Winter as Winter picks up at the point where Road leaves off. One of the most interesting things that Robert Shade does is to reference events that happened in his first novel so that if you did not read it, you are not left clueless as to what he is talking about. Yet he manages to do it in such a way that it is not repetitious, pedantic or boring but actually reinforces incidents that occur in his first novel.

In many ways I feel that Conestoga Winter may be more interesting than Forbes Road, but I would definitely recommend reading both of them. A most exciting story and a magnificent book.

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Bill Burrows

A good, old-fashioned yarn, and you learn a lot of early American history.

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2014

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I've read both of Robert Shade's Forbes Road books, and I found "Conestoga Winter" a really fine novel. I know enough about the period to know that Shade has done his research well, but he's also given us a story that doesn't have the artificiality of other books in which novelists have tried to stick close to history. He's a real story-teller, and within a few pages you're going to care about his characters, while also getting some sense of the granularity of American history when the frontier was in Western Pennsylvania.

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An exciting story following the first, Forbes Road. Anyone that enjoys real history will enjoy this book. The characters come to life and the dialog is believable. If you have ever envisioned yourself back in the 1700s in Pennsylvania, as I have, this story will transport you there.
I did find the wedding night scene a bit over the top. The graphic details detracted from the core of the story. I recommend you read Forbes Road first to give you a complete picture of the events.

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Irene D'Ambrosio

Great Novel

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Reading I now. Forbes Road is the first book to read. Love it Pennsylvania history in 1760s. Easy read?.

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Michael J. Wayne

A Fine Sequel to Forbes Road!

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2013

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As expected, Robert Shade has writted a fast moving, compelling followup to Forbes Road that hardly allows the reader time to put the book down! The story line of Wend Eckert's adventures following his military stint during the border clashes of Pontiac's Rebellion along the Pennsylvania/Ohio frontier continue, as well as the early characters development from Forbes Road. I find this a compelling read of a fictitional character woven into the historical fact storyline of this fascinating period of westward expansion of the American Frontier. I fully expect future books to carry the story of Wend Eckert into the early years of the War for Independence, as well. A 5 Star read for the history buff!

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Gideon Reed

What a terrific film this story......

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2013

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...would make. Everything about it screams that it would be an instant classic "Guy" type of flic.
Fully developed characters, a thrilling story, mental/visuals that cry out for a Michael Mann
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But back to the book(s), excellent writing. Strong historically based and sustainable as a strong series.
Good on you Author Shade. A single word descriptor: Enjoyable

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John C.

Realist character.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 8, 2013

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The period of the book is of historical interest to me and is not a common period for fiction.It's well written, but at times dwells too much on detail at the expense of moving the story along.

The central character is not the hero found in many books, but an ordinary person that tries his best to do what is right.

I'm certainly looking forward to further books in the series.

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