Tuesday, January 31, 2012

JOHNNY MONTANA by Michael Zimmer



John Owens became known as Johnny Montana in the Redhawk Mining District of southwestern Montana Territory.  And he and his partners became successful gold miners.  Now Brett Cutter and his gang of Cut-Throats are attacking the miners and stealing their gold.  So Johnny Montana and the miners decide the best way to avoid attack is to get the gold out of there.  Johnny Montana is the hero and Johnny Montana is Michal Zimmer’s western story.  It’s up to Johnny to get $48,000 in gold dust and pea sized nuggets from the rough-hewn mining community of Ruby City to Salt Lake City.  Others had tried it and no one had made it.  This will be a hard book for you to put down.

Turn off the TV; settle down somewhere comfortable and within a few pages, in an almost mysterious way, Zimmer will put you right in the middle of the action.  In Johnny Montana, western novelist Zimmer will have you riding right along with Johnny and trying to get the gold out of Montana.  You’ll accept as true that you are in 1863 Montana Territory, giving Johnny a hand packing the gold in panniers, helping Allie Purcell get through that snowy pass with the bad guys in close pursuit, and coming off that last summit before Salt Lake City.

Michael Zimmer, author of five Western novels, is an American history buff who has done much research on the Old West.  He has experienced many of the things his characters experience, has been on horseback treks with authentic 1800s equipment and owns and shoots a number of Old West Firearms.  While still in high school, Michael Zimmer started breaking and training horses.  He grew up on a small Colorado horse ranch and now lives in Utah with his wife Vanessa.  His latest Five Star Western is Wild Side of the River.

Johnny Montana is published by Five Star Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.  Michael Zimmer’s website is www.michael-zimmer.com.

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