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Another Mountain Man adventure from D. M. Haggard! This is an exciting work of fiction and fact. It is based on many real events from the lives of historic pioneers, explorers, and mountain men. Buck Jackson is involved with numerous historical figures you are familiar with who will join him at his trapping cabin located in the Rocky Mountains. Both he and his compadres are invited by a famous western explorer, John C. Fremont. to join an expedition to the west coast. The life thrills and experiences of hunting, trapping, and living in brutal conditions will bring you a step closer to what ...

Imagine youngsters lost in the wilds of a remote island in the Caribbean or a mysterious African game preserve where they have few tools or resources to survive. These three fictional episodes are about how one might survive threatening situations with a little luck and heaps of ingenuity. These stories are about survival, adventure, compromise, and respect. Respect between two brothers who will fight to survive unbelievable threats to their lives. Each of the stories are riveting and suspenseful with shocking twists.

ANOTHER GREAT BOOK BY AUTHOR D. M. HAGGARD. THIS IS THE SIXTH IN THE MOUNTAIN MAN ADVENTURE SERIES AND IS A SECOND EDITION! Cody Dakota's lengthy journey into the turquoise lakes of Western Canadian Rockies is everything he hope for - but summer is waning and autumn is quickly bringing colder winter weather just around the bend. Cody plans on visiting an important person in his life, Jamie Sutter, daughter of John Sutter who discovered gold in California. Cheated by unscrupulous people of her rightful earnings from her father's claim, Cody teams up with Jamie to regain what belongs to her. ...

THE SIXTH BOOK “RAYADO” another TERRIFIC ADVENTURE of the MOUNTAIN MAN SERIES from D. M. HAGGARD, the internationally well-known Western Adventure author. This is the sixth and for now, the last book in the Buck Jackson series. After their sojourn in Texas, Buck Jackson, and his young pardnah, Brent Walker head back to Colorado. The journey has many twists and perils when horse thieves ambush them and Brent is injured by a bandit’s lucky shot. Cody’s past relationship with the Navajo people resurrects his spirit and the people adopt Buck as one of their own. But, there is one ...

THE FOURTH BOOK of a TERRIFIC MOUNTAIN MAN ADVENTURE SERIES from D. M. HAGGARD! Soon after the Mountain Man Rendezvous, Buck accepts an invitation from the famous explorer, Jim Bridger, to travel with him to the Yellowstone River region, a place of miracles. Their trip through the territories of Wyoming and Montana is full of wonders as promised , but also brings the normal perils that a mountain man faces each day. A grizzly attack and violent snow storm threatens to trap them and their livestock in the mountains for the winter. Bridger and Cody part ways while Cody nurses his mule, Black ...

FOURTH ADVENTURE IN THE 2nd EDITION OF CODY DAKOTA MOUNTAIN MAN SERIES BY D. M. HAGGARD! Cody returns to Colorado to find his cabin occupied by the Michaels family. Pioneers who moved into what they thought was an abandoned cabin. He doesn't have the heart to throw them out of his home, so he and David Michaels build a new cabin nearby for Cody to live in. Together, they face the hazards of life in the Rockies -- brutal winter storms, killing cold, marauding bears and the occasional outlaw. An assault by two rogue Ferguson brothers, leaves Cody with a small fortune in ill-gotten gains. ...

#8 - SHADOW DWELLERS - ANOTHER GREAT BOOK FROM D. M. HAGGARD. IN MOUNTAIN MAN SERIES. Cody's journey to Texas is over and the trail beckons him on another dangerous and long journey to the Colorado Rockies. But every trek has its dangers and so does this one. From the West Texas deserts into the rugged foothills of the San Andres Mountains, Cody is plagued by wolf packs, roving Indian warriors and the hazards of Mother Nature. A dangerous river crossing nearly costs him his life as well as the lives of his faithful livestock. Two things keep him going - his love of the wilderness and a ...

The first book in a brand new Western Series by D. M. Haggard! Rex was forced to leave his family at fifteen after he killed an evil man three years before. He is no stranger to vigilante justice and after finding a new home at the Triple Seven Ranch in northern Montana, the ranch's owner used his fighting and gunslinging skills for special programs. He has been a favorite of the owner and his resided on the ranch for ten years, but on one of his trips to recover stolen cattle he runs into more trouble than he counted on or even knew existed. The Indians call them "skin-walkers" or "shape-...

Book #2 – UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER - THE SECOND ADVENTURE IN THE CODY DAKOTA MOUNTAIN MAN SERIES FROM D. M. HAGGARD Cody Dakota is heading home to the Colorado Rockies when an unexpected encounter sets him on a different path. Jim Bridger, famed mountain man and a legend of the old West – turns up alone at Cody’s campfire with a sad story to tell. Burned out of his trading post in southwestern Wyoming, Bridger is seeking fresh pastures and possibly a new partner to help him rebuild. Cody is interested, an a partnership is born. Another chance meeting in Moab, Utah brings another ...

MOUNTAIN BOUND, THE SECOND BOOK IN A WONDERFUL MOUNTAIN MAN SERIES ADVENTURE FROM D. M. HAGGARD! Wilder Hawk, half Apache, half Anglo, and all mountain man, can't wait to get back to his beloved Rocky Mountains. As part of his quest to connect with his long-dead father, whose first name he bears, he travels to "the land of the yellow stone," a place of wonder and mystery. The trek from Kansas to Wyoming brings him face to face with both friendly and hostile Indian tribes, bandits, and other challenges, including a confrontation at Fort Laramie, and restoring two lost children to their ...

"SAVAGES" THE THIRD BOOK IN A NEW BRAND OF MOUNTAIN MAN ADVENTURES. ONE OF THE FAVORITE BOOKS FROM D. M. HAGGARD IN THIS SERIES. Haggard asks a critical question in this books about the characters and us as a society. "Who are savages?" Read this book and see what you think about this critical question. He is forced to defend himself from an Indian-hating storekeeper who tries to back shoot him. Wilder becomes a fugitive on his trek to the Pacific Ocean. He must defend himself against bounty hunters who are only after his scalp and other tribes all of whom have lessons for half-breeds like ...

Once upon a time, a long time ago, stories similar to this one were told by my father at bedtime to my brother and me . His imagination seemed limitless, but as I grew older, I realized that he dipped into his vast personal experiences from his younger days, to create his many bedtime stories. Thank you for your interest in these books. The first two, "The Amazing Adventures of Two Boys," Books one and two are also available on Amazon in softcover and Kindle format. I am privileged to continue the tradition in our family of story-telling to readers of all ages.

This is the third book in the Buck Jackson - Mountain Man series from the internationally well-known Western adventure author, D. M. Haggard. Grab your copy of Rendezvous today! Mountain man Buck Jackson is alone again after finding squatters in his Colorado cabin - pretty Donna Wheeler and her children, pioneers headed for California but were left behind by their wagon train. After the Wheelers' departure for their family's ranch in Kansas, Buck sets out to find his old fur-trapping partner, Kit Carson. Kit was badly wounded in an ambush near the Colorado border and Buck doesn't know if ...

THE SECOND BOOK of a TERRIFIC MOUNTAIN MAN ADVENTURE SERIES from D. M. HAGGARD! "WESTWARD" When famed scout Kit Carson is wounded in an Apache ambush, it falls to Buck Jackson to take over the expedition they’ve been leading from Colorado to California. Buck and his companions face numerous perils and wonders along their sixteen-hundred-mile journey. Their encounters with First Nations people whose trust Buck must win in order to safely cross their lands is memorable. Once his trek is complete, Buck wants nothing more than to return to his mountain cabin in the Rockies, but when he ...