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"NAMED BEST MOUNTAIN MAN SERIES BY TRUE WEST MAGAZINE. AUTHOR LANE R. WARENSKI PRESENTS THE SEVENTEENTH BOOK IN HIS BEST SELLING GRIZZLY KILLER SERIES: THE SACRED CALF. The winter of 1837-38 in the Rocky Mountain wilderness was the worst in memory. Deep snow and brutal cold lasted well into the spring. Zach and his partners were desperate to find food; their horse herd decimated from starvation. Star had dreamed of the birth of a white buffalo, a...

"Hoping the vast forests and towering peaks of the Rockies will hide them, Zach Connors leads his family into the mountains. As they enter this new and beautiful land, they face both Cheyenne and Arapaho hunters that are determined to prove the medicine of Grizzly Killer is not greater than their own. Sending his family ahead to safety, Zach and his dog face a cunning and brutal enemy alone. Knowing he is outnumbered and in an unknown land, he must...

"In the spring of 1832 Zach Connors and his family have survived another winter in the Rocky Mountains. In 1828 William Reed built a trading post on the Uintah River, just over the mountains from Zach's home on Blacks Fork. This Summer Zach will lead his family over the high passes and into the land of Running Wolf and Shining Star's birth, but Mother Nature can be a deadly mistress. Alex Martin and Gabe Henshaw have spent a terrible winter leading...

"By 1836 the beaver trade was starting to wind down, and trappers like Zach Connors, known as Grizzly Killer, were having to find other ways to get the supplies they had become accustomed to. Zach had found gold nuggets in a creek in the sacred mountains of their home, which he used to make up for the lack of beaver pelts. The Utes and Shoshone alike believe the gold in the creek was given to Grizzly Killer, but no one was allowed to dig for it. After...

"Journey through the land of the ancient ones, where spirits still protect the mysterious canyons where they once dwelled, and strange drawings on the rock walls have stood for a thousand years. Zach Connors, known as Grizzly Killer, travels with his family through the rugged and mysterious canyons where the Anasazi once built their homes high on the cliffs. The year is 1833, and they are going to Taos for the supplies they will need for another year...