Mountain man Jedediah Smith leads an exploration party of fur trappers in search of wealth and adventure. The third book in Blevins’ Rendezvous series, this one tells of Smith and his dozen companions finding their way to California through the Mojave Desert. Blevins molds fictitious characters into the true l826-27 expedition. The trek is seen through the eyes of Sam Morgan, who has a beautiful Crow Indian wife and a pet coyote who steals a few too many scenes, including the one in which

March 2006
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
- All Aboard for Santa Fe
- WILD OPEN SPACES: WHY WE LOVE WESTERNS
- CHASING THE RODEO
- GOLD! The Story of the 1848 Gold Rush and How it Shaped a Nation
- SEEING YELLOWSTONE IN 1871
- THE TOUGHEST GANG IN TOWN
- Nimrod: Courts, Claims, and Killing on the Oregon Frontier
- DANCING WITH THE GOLDEN BEAR
- SHOOTIN’ THE BREEZE, COWBOY STYLE
- Sunset Limited
- Arizona’s Apache Country
- SNAKE DANCE
More In This Issue
- Voice for Freedom
- Was Mike Williams an Abilene, Kansas, deputy at the time of the gunfight between Wild Bill Hickok and Phil Coe?
- What can you tell me about U.S. Army scout Al Sieber?
- “A Glorious Sight to See”
- Trailing John Wesley Powell
- Leadville, Colorado
- Hardy as Bears
- America’s Best Train Experience
- Train Towns
- Can you tell me more about Bill Miner, whose life story is the basis for the Canadian film The Grey Fox?