Click on the Publisher to see status or place an order
* Means the book is available or will be very soon.
To see my online store, click here.
To see the book cover catalog, click here.
Books By W.R. Benton
The Plains Series (Mountain Men)
* In the Shadow of the Mountain (ISBN 1-4137-7056-8) had been released by Publish America (July 2005). Price is $19.95 Jeb and Mule are trading whiskey to the Indians for beaver pews when they are asked by the US army to attempt to stop a possible war with the Sioux by returning two women captives to them. Unknown to the two mountain men, the women are the wife and daughter of the Sioux war chief, Buffalo Bull, a man known to hate all white eyes. Click here to read an excerpt. Available now.
* Ty Fisher and the Blood of the Mountain Men, (ISBN 1-59682-023-3) was published by Fultus. the story of a Missouri man who heads to the mountains to forget the horrible deaths of his whole family. He soon discovers no release from horror as a fellow trapper (Bull) turns killer and goes on a spree of not only killing trappers, but women as well. Ty, along with Crazy Wayne, trail Bull to avenge the deaths and to see justice done. Price is $19.95 Click here to read an excerpt. or click Available now.
* Death On the Mountain (ISBN ISBN 1-894936-44-2) has just been released by Saga Books. Price: $15.95. Jarel Wade is hired by an old miner to help bring six mules loaded with gold ore out of the high mountain country. As the old man lies dying following an Indian attack, Jarel gives his word to the miner that he will see both the gold and the miner's beautiful daughter to safety. Unknown to the young trapper, a large group of vicious white men want all of the gold for themselves and the Sioux have threatened to kill Jarel on sight for violating their sacred mountains. Since Jarel had given his word to the old miner he knows he has no alternative but to bring both the girl and the gold out, or die in the attempt. Enlisting help from two of his mountain friends, along with the assistance of an ancient runaway slave, and an old Mexican sheepherder, Jarel finally turns to face the group of vicious thieves and murderers on his back trail. It was time to start the dance. Click here to read an excerpt. Available now. Published and available at Saga Books.
Missouri in Flames, I Rode with Jess James, has just been assigned to a publisher (Saga Books) and it is expected to be published in 2006. Jim Light joins Quantrill's Raiders just two weeks before they destroy the town of Lawrence , Kansas . Shocked by the horror of the raid, as well as other battles fought under the black flag, Jim leaves the group after less than a year. He returns to his native Missouri Ozark Mountains in an effort to live the life of a simple farmer, only that is not to be. The farm is visited one day shortly after the close of the war by Federal troops looking for men who once rode with Quantrill and Jim's best friend is murdered. It is the death of his friend, the burning of his farm, and the loss of a woman, that causes Jim Light to join Jesse James in an effort to seek revenge on the Yankees. Riding with the James Gang, Jim sees action in Northfield , Minnesota , and even participates in the first train robbery in history. It all ends at a small white house on a hill in Saint Joseph , Missouri , when Jesse James is killed by Bob and Robert Ford. Click here to read an excerpt.
* Red Runs the Plains, Jarel Wade, a young southwestern Missouri boy starts his day like all others, but soon his entire life is changed when a group of Blackfoot Indians on the war path kill his family. Rescued from certain death by two old mountain men, Jarel discovers a new but dangerous way of life. Jarel becomes a mountain man. Click here to read an excerpt.
Published and Available.
THE DRUM SERIES, A COLLECTION OF FOUR VOLUMES
The time period is from the last year of the Civil War, until about 1968. To be published by Saga Books!
* Silently Beats the Drum: (Volume 1 of the Drum Series) During the years he fought for the Southern Cause during the Civil War, Jeb Patton should have died countless times. Carrying only the precious memories of the girl he left behind, he survives until one night near a no name town in Arkansas he is severely wounded. Waking up in a tent with his right leg removed at the knee, Jeb loses the desire to live, until he meets a man more severely injured than he.
Released from the hospital, Jeb starts a long walk home with only one good leg and an old crutch. But, once at home Jeb Patton discovers that the girl he loves deeply no longer loves him. Thinking she does not want him because of his missing leg, Jeb takes Moses and Faye and moves west, to the shinning mountains. Click here to read an excerpt. Available now. Published and available at Saga Books.
Greenriver, (Volume 2 of the Drum Series) When an old mountain man is forced to seriously hurt a young man during a confrontation in a small town saloon all hell breaks loose. Jeb Patton, who is in town to visit his family, is drawn into the situation when his uncle informs him he has been losing a large number of cows over the past few months. While most of the white ranchers and cattlemen suspect the Sioux, Jeb knows the Indians have nothing to do with the missing cattle. Click here to read an excerpt. At the Publishers now. Coming Soon!
Death Comes at Dawn, (Volume 3 of the Drum Series) When buffalo hide hunters come to the open plains and start their killing spree, the Sioux realize the time has come for war. While attempting to quiet the Sioux down with a treaty with the white man, Jeb discovers a man he knew back home in Missouri has gone on a killing benge--of his black friends. New friends have been met and others have finally crossed over to the other side. Click here to read an excerpt. At the Publishers now.
Santa Fe, (Volume 4 of the Drum Series) Ty Fisher is arrested for robbing an army payroll and the killing of all six of the guards. To prove his innocence and to clear his name he accepts a job offered by the army to catch the real killers, all ten of them.
Enlisting help from of an old army sergeant, along with the assistance of a young runaway slave, and an old Mexican sheepherder, Jarel finally tracks down all of them but the leader. Following the leader of the gang from the grasses of Great Plains to mountains of Santa Fe, and then through the burning desert sands to Tucson, he finally corners the man in Nogales. Ty proves beyond a doubt that he is no quitter and quickly discovers neither is the leader as he proves hard to keep under lock and key. Click here to read an excerpt. At the Publishers now.
OTHER WESTERN BOOKS
Nate Grisham, Black Mountain Man - He runs from a Southern plantation to the shining mountains, an untamed land, where the only law is what a man can enforce with a gun. Nate Grisham becomes a black mountain man, with no desires other than to live free and trap his plews. He'd experienced plenty of trouble in life, from cruel slave overseers to Blackfoot Indians, but none compared to the difficulties now facing him and his partner Cotton Top—a white mountain man who stands head and shoulders above the rest. Nate was a man in love with his mountains, but when Captain Taylor M. Donnelly brutally kills a colonel and his wife, following a robbery, Nate becomes involved. Returning the Captain to the Army, the black mountain man assumes it's finished, until Donnelly escapes and swears to have his revenge. Knowing Captain Donnelly is a killer of women, Nate understands anything might happen, because a man who would harm a woman has no honor. Donnelly becomes a cold-blooded killer and rapist, with little to lose, but nothing will keep him killing the big black man . The action becomes almost non-stop as the two men begin to search for each other and the outcome can only lead to death — for one or the other. Click here to read an excerpt. At the Publishers Now!
War Paint - tells of the experiences of a spoiled and rich young man who heads west to become a mountain man in 1825. Taken under wing by two experienced old mountain men, George Alwood the third becomes Bear Killer the mountain man. After a short visit with Shoshoni Indians, Bear Killer finds himself with an unwanted wife and though he resist's, he learns to love her. A cold and hard winter in the mountains brings him closer to his bride, as he learns to live as a mountain man, and just before spring she informs him of the child to come. Content now, with a canvas shelter, campfire, dried meat, and soon to be family, Bear Killer reflects on his rich and pampered background. After his wife and unborn child are killed by white men, the young mountain man makes a promise to avenge their deaths. However, it's only after one of the old mountain men is killed that the action becomes almost nonstop. Click here to read an excerpt. Preorder from the publisher below.
Survival Book
* Simple Survival, A Family Outdoors Guide, has been completed and is now available. Over 250 pages of Wilderness Survival Information for you and your family. Visit the publishers Site now, click here. Click here to read an excerpt or click here to order the book. Price $14.95 Available now.
Southern (Redneck) Humor
* My Dawg Might be a Redneck has been published in book format (ISBN 1-59682-045-4 ) with 316 Pages of Redneck Humor and over 60 cartoons! Visit the Southern Humor Site Now click here. Click here to read an excerpt or click here to order the book. Price is $21.99 Available now.
