Lost Tales of the Frontier

Utah author Rod Miller latest book The Lost Frontier: Momentous Moments in the Old West You May Have Missed (TwoDot, $18.95) is a fun, action-packed book of Western stories. Miller, who is an award-winning author of fiction, history, and poetry, has written up 29 stories that will remind the reader Western history is a lot more complex than Billy the Kid and Wyatt Earp. Miller’s diversity in subjects and biographies is what makes The Lost Frontier an enjoyable and informative read, with short biographies that range from Zebulon Pike to Elfego Baca, while his topics are as diverse as the Chinese in America, the Pig War of San Juan Island and the Circleville Massacre in Utah. Miller is a detailed researcher and provides an excellent, abridged bibliography on each chapter for additional reading. For more information on Miller’s writing and books, visit his website at WriterRodMiller.com.