“richard s wheeler”

What happens to a mining town when the ore runs out? Award-winning novelist Richard S. Wheeler has penned a gripping story of frontier mining, and the dreams of greed that gripped the town of Cashbox. "Cashbox" is not only Dick Wheeler's finest novel, it may be the finest novel by any writer publish... More

Wheeler's forte is big, character-rich tales of the last days of the West, and this one- his 29th novel- is no exception.... He tells a crisp story that packs an undeniable punch-- as in this well-constructed large-scale American historical."--"Kirkus Reviews" Book Description: "Mixing history and m... More

From the very beginning Sam Stop was an enigma to the people living in Pony, Montana. Stop didn't look like a banker, dress like a banker, or act like a banker. So while there were some initial suspicions about Stop's background, people came to respect and then trust the reclusive founder of Pony's ... More

Richard S. Wheeler turns his great storytelling talent to an epic tale of riches, greed, and love set against the backdrop of the greatest gold stampede in American history, The California Gold Rush of 1849.... More

Aristotle Scrimshaw had left his wife and children on their small farm in Wisconsin to pick up some cash in the bustling gold-fields of Virginia City. He had done well, buying up claims and collecting gold worth more than $100,000. Angelicas Ramirez had left her abusive husband to become the most pr... More

Sam Flint, dedicated to truth and justice, takes on a rival paper in Silver City, run by a corrupt editor.... More

In 1906, an earthquake devastated San Francisco. This is the story of those who experienced it and struggled to survive afterward.... More

After two decades as a New York sports writer, Bat Masterson revisits the western locales of his youth with his wife, and discovers nothing is the same.... More

In the 16th novel in Wheeler's long-running series about Barnaby Skye--the British seaman who carves out an amazing life for himself in the North American Wilderness--the famed mountain man takes a party of young people to the southwestern desert where they hope to be healed.This is the sixteenth no... More