Author Michael Zimmer was raised in Colorado, where he learned to break horses at a young age. Later, after his family moved to Indiana, he dreamt of returning to the West, which he and his wife did when they moved to Utah three-decades ago. And like many writers, he held many jobs as he pursued his dream of being a full-time author. Determined to see his dreams to fruition, Zimmer kept writing about what he loved—the gritty, real West, filled with characters whose living and dying inspire


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