Dennis Goodwin

Out of the West Dennis Goodwin

Publisher Marketing: This book will help you sink into the days when the Wild West was considerably wilder. Join mountain man, James Clyman, as he earns his "mountain man degree" by studying in classes taught by charging grizzlies, murderous Indians and sub-zero windstorms. Then ride alongside Mary Ringo as she summons every ounce of her inner strength to complete her westward journey after her beloved husband died from a shooting accident. Among her children is fourteen-year-old Johnny, who is destined to cast a black cloud over the family name of Ringo. As you plod alongside the "foot soldiers of Zion," you'll see them living out Brigham Young's challenge to the newly converted saints. "Let them come on foot, with handcarts or wheelbarrows," he had proclaimed. Sadly they will also live out the greatest emigrant disaster in Western history. And as you encounter Presbyterian missionary, John Dunbar, during a Pawnee "Great Festival," you will witnesses the tribal elder laying out bundles of human scalps. As he does, the participants coat themselves with red paint in preparation for the celebration. Enjoy all twenty-two of the true stories in this book as a colorful and intriguing parade of true-life characters step into your world from Out of the West. Contributor Bio:  Goodwin, Dennis Dennis Goodwin is a free-lance historical nonfiction writer based out of Snellville, Georgia (near Atlanta). For over twenty years, He's had an interest in writing about the American West, early entertainment, the Civil War period...and basically anything that catches his attention. He's written a number of booklets as well as numerous articles for magazines like Wild West, True West and Old West. Through the years, Dennis has learned that the secret to bringing people from the past alive in the present, is to realize that they were very much in the present when they were living. He noted that "It's not like the emigrants plodding across the Oregon Trail looked up and said, 'Wow, Chimney Rock is really awesome...but isn't it weird living in the past like this!'." So he tries to write about past people and events with the same intensity and immediacy as if they were right outside his window.