Baker's Journey

After years of setbacks Jim Baker finally decided to give up trying to raise crops on the parched land in Kansas and decides to move his family west to fulfill his dream of owning his own ranch. However, everything Baker knows about ranching he has learned by reading dime novels and talking with folks who knew even less than he. After an arduous journey West, he finds himself near the small eastern Arizona town of Hopeful, along the Gila River. He quickly discovers raising cattle is no picnic and he quickly gets himself in over his head. Fate brings a Texas rancher into his life which offers him a second chance at a fresh start, and a newly hired hand with a mysterious past shows up at just the right time. Baker’s Journey is a fast-paced novel with Indian raids, kidnapping, sandstorms, rustlers and much more. It has an ending that will both surprise and delight the reader.