Two battalions of brave calvary troops escort the new governor of Idaho Territory, Toby Holt, across nearly impassible mountains, as a desperate United States government seeks to bring law & order to this untamed territory. Criminals have already staked their claims in the saloons & bordellos of Boise. Marauding Indian bands are spreading murder & mayhem among terror-stricken settlers. To Toby Holt, son of legendary wagon master Whip Holt, & his friend Rob Martin falls the perilous task of turning a wilderness into a safe homeland for the generations to come. But shadowy figures from the past plot a deadly revenge for Toby & his beautiful wife Clarissa...a passionate English lady arouses dangerous desires in unscrupulous men...& the rising sun lights up majestic snow-capped peaks as a new day for freedom dawns on the matchless grandeur of IDAHO!
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ISBN:9780786027972 (pbk. 2012) :
ISBN:9780553242560 (pbk. 1984)
ISBN:0786027975 (pbk. 2012)
ISBN:0553242563 (pbk. 1984)
Physical Description:print 342 pages : genealogical tables ; 18 cm.
Summary: Two battalions of brave calvary troops escort the new governor of Idaho Territory, Toby Holt, across nearly impassible mountains, as a desperate United States government seeks to bring law & order to this untamed territory. Criminals have already staked their claims in the saloons & bordellos of Boise. Marauding Indian bands are spreading murder & mayhem among terror-stricken settlers. To Toby Holt, son of legendary wagon master Whip Holt, & his friend Rob Martin falls the perilous task of turning a wilderness into a safe homeland for the generations to come. But shadowy figures from the past plot a deadly revenge for Toby & his beautiful wife Clarissa...a passionate English lady arouses dangerous desires in unscrupulous men...& the rising sun lights up majestic snow-capped peaks as a new day for freedom dawns on the matchless grandeur of IDAHO!