TY - BOOK AU - Johnstone,William W. AU - Johnstone,J.A. TI - Colter's journey T2 - A Tim Colter western SN - 9781432845148 U1 - 813.54 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Waterville, Maine PB - Wheeler Publishing KW - United States marshals KW - Fiction KW - Gunfighters KW - Revenge KW - West (U.S.) KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Western fiction KW - lcgft KW - Large type books KW - lcsh N2 - Leaving their Pennsylvania home to forge a new life in the untamed Oregon Territory of 1845, the Colter family is ambushed by a kill-crazy gang of cut-throats on the Oregon Trail. Fifteen-year-old Tim Colter manages to escape and hide, only to return and find his parents butchered, his sisters Nancy and Margaret missing, and one last killer waiting for his return. Forced to fight for his life, the young Colter embarks on a perilous journey across a lawless frontier, hoping to save his sisters and salvage the dream they lived for. But first, Tim has to figure out how to survive. Luckily, he finds a new friend in Jed Reno, a grizzled one-eyed trapper who's lived in the Rockies since the 1820s and who was attacked by the same gang. Together, the mountain man and the greenhorn set out after the marauders, blazing a trail of vengeance that leads them to one of the deadliest men in the territory. With danger at every turn, and death just a heartbeat away, Colter has no choice but to grow up fast - one bullet at a time ER -