Synopses & Reviews
In this newest of Richard Wheeler's Barnaby Skye chronicles, the earthy deserter from the Royal Navy, now a trapper, guide, and magnet for adventure, collects his Crow Indian wife Many Quills Woman (or "Victoria" as he calls her) and drifts south to Mexican territory
At Bent's Fort on the Mexican frontier, Skye agrees to help Standing
Alone, a mysterious Cheyenne woman, locate her two children who were
kidnapped by Ute Indians several years before and sold into bondage in
Mexico.
This impossible, dangerous, and foolhardy mission takes the three to Santa Fe and Taos and into a strange association with an eccentric Texas adventurer, Colonel Childress, who agrees to help them for reasons no one can guess.
Deliverance is the 13th in a series of early American West frontier
novels featuring Barnaby Skye, the most beloved and enduring character in
modern Western fiction.
Review
"Skye is one of the most memorable figures in Western fiction since Max
Brand's Destry."
--- Tulsa World
"Wheeler's westerns just keep getting better and better."
--- Publishers Weekly
"Well-loved western writer Wheeler takes a big grip on afflictions of
the heart in each outing..."
--- Kirkus Reviews on Downriver
Review
"Skye is one of the most memorable figures in Western fiction since Max
Brand's Destry."
--- Tulsa World
"Wheeler's westerns just keep getting better and better."
--- Publishers Weekly
"Well-loved western writer Wheeler takes a big grip on afflictions of
the heart in each outing..."
--- Kirkus Reviews on Downriver
Synopsis
In this newest of Richard Wheeler's Barnaby Skye chronicles, the earthy deserter from the Royal Navy, now a trapper, guide, and magnet for adventure, collects his Crow Indian wife Many Quills Woman (or "Victoria" as he calls her) and drifts south to Mexican territory At Bent's Fort on the Mexican frontier, Skye agrees to help StandingAlone, a mysterious Cheyenne woman, locate her two children who werekidnapped by Ute Indians several years before and sold into bondage inMexico.This impossible, dangerous, and foolhardy mission takes the three to Santa Fe and Taos and into a strange association with an eccentric Texas adventurer, Colonel Childress, who agrees to help them for reasons no one can guess. Deliverance is the 13th in a series of early American West frontiernovels featuring Barnaby Skye, the most beloved and enduring character inmodern Western fiction.
About the Author
Richard S. Wheeler has written over fifty novels and several short stories. He has won four Spur Awards and the Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement in the field of western literature.
He lives in the literary and film community of Livingston, Montana, and is married to Professor Sue Hart, of Montana State University-Billings. Before turning to fiction he was a newsman and book editor. He has raised horses and been a wrangler at an Arizona dude ranch.