Before there was a film
festival in Sundance, certainly before there were motion pictures, and,
actually, before there was even a Sundance, the Wilders were in that part of
wind-swept Montana territory. At first,
if it weren’t for Jacob Wilder half the town would not have survived their
first winter. But Jacob and his boys are
rough and woolly when not hemmed in by civilization. And now the Wilders have kind of rubbed folks
the wrong way. First, Jacob is murdered,
son Joel is falsely accused of a violent act, sons Vic and Ethan are attacked,
son Ben is framed for murder and the troubles mount as owners of small ranches
are mysteriously killed by what could be a syndicate. It is up to Ethan Wilder to make things right
and it all happens in a way that makes Wild Side of the River hard to
put down.
You might have discovered
in The Cowboy Chronicle that Western novelist Michael Zimmer has an almost
uncanny way of putting the reader right in the middle of the action. In Wild Side of the River you’ll truly
believe that you are living in 1884 Montana territory, having a drink in Ira
Webb’s Bullshead saloon, listening to the sounds of Wilder Creek as it pours
down out of the Rockies, and walking by the narrow wooden buildings in
Sundance’s business district.
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 next Five Star Western will be The Long Hitch.
Wild Side of the River 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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