Yellowstone Red by Tom Ray
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Yellowstone Red is the narrative of an early day character who actually lived in Montana from territory to statehood. After apparently being orphaned, Yellowstone Red lived with the Sioux Indians who treated him with kindness. The Sioux taught him to live off the land and require little in the way of material possessions to survive. Yellowstone Red married and settled in the Yellowstone Valley near what is now Sidney, Montana. His struggles are chronicled with those of the early day settlers to the area.  The places he mentions are real. The people are listed either by name and pseudonym.  If you have roots in Montana, you may find an ancestor mentioned in this engaging story.
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This book is hard to put down, I starting reading and couldn't stop until chapter 21. Very easy to read. Keep writing Ray, you have a talent. I will keep reading.
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I love the Teton Series, these books gave me the intense desire to go to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons.  She describes the land so well and makes you feel like you are there and never want to leave.
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Where The Red Fern Grows
 If you like adventure, you will love Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, author of Summer of The Monkeys.
 Billy Coleman, a wannabe hunter who is in love with coon hounds, figures out that you don't always get what you want in life. Billy explores everyday and roams the countryside until sundown, searching for adventure. After finding an abandoned magazine left behind by some fishermen, he finds an advertisement about coon hounds and Billy HAS to have them. The only problem is Billy's parents can't afford them although they really want Billy to have them.  After two years of saving money by selling different furs and things, Billy starts his journey to retrieve his hounds.
 I really enjoyed this book and thought it was really remarkable. I think anybody could read this book no matter what age, and like it as much as I did.
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Good read, highly recommend. Having traveled through Yellowstone, this made the book more interesting. Would read more from this author.
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I really enjoyed Rick's book.  I am a little biased because I was one of the Wolf Week guests who witnessed the incident  described in his book.  Regardless of wether I had been there for that  particular subject  I have always wondered what it would be like to be a volunteer at Yellowstone Park, which is my favorite national park. I would like to do this once I retire and based on his book it sounds well worth it. Thank you , Rick for bringing the wonder and beauty of this special place back to me.
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I am in total awe at Jade's quick wit and being able to survive Yellowstone for 44 days, what a brave girl she is. There isn't anything I didn't like, reading the book and even knowing the happy outcome kept me on the edge of my seat!! My daughter and I go to Yellowstone every summer and we know how harsh it can be, Jade is one smart girl!! I recommend the book to everyone, you will love it, I just wish Jade could talk!! So happy for Jade's family and thankful Laure and Laila made that one walk about when they saw Jade's little black and white head peek out from the brush then come to them, such a priceless moment!! This should be a made for TV movie, I would be glued to my tv!! Thank y'all, Sherry Hasha-Abilene, Texas
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Phil Truman knows how to write a western with Red Lands Outlaw. Nice turn to make the outlaw a bit of a  rascallionbut likeable and maybe the victim of circumstances. Great story, Truman is a true wordsmith who puts you into the Nations. I look forward to more from this talented writer.
Ken Farmer - Co-Author of the Black Eagle Force series and The Nations series
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Alan Eden Book Review "Where the Red Fern Grows"  By reading this book I have established that it is my favorite.  I am an avid coon hunter and I have a dog named Old Dan (after the book of coarse) My grandfather loves this book and he named his coon dog Dan.  His dog is long sense gone but the name lives on in my dog.  Billy, the main character in the book, is a young boy who lives in the Ozark mountains of Missiouri.  I myself envy this young boy because he and I are kind of alike.  I mean I have it alot better than he did, but I live for hunting and being in the wilderness to me there is nothing better.  The story is about a simple family who live in the Ozark Mountains of Missiouri.  Billy, his father, mother, and two sisters.  Billy and his family don't even have enough money for clothes let alone two coon hounds.  When Billy becomes almost ill because he wants the dogs so much, he devises a plan.  By selling worms to fisherman and little things like that. After two long years of hard work Billy finally makes the money to purchase his hounds. And thats where the excitment begins.
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I came online to see if I could find out the author's name.  Little did I know that the book is once more available.  I read it over a score years ago, when I used to hunt up at Middle Dam and walked past the cottage they lived in.  I'll have to buy a new copy (the one I read was at the hunting camp) to add to my library and loan to friends.  To the reviewer who claimed there was no action I'd have to suggest he skimmed over some very interesting parts - running the Rapid River in a wood canvas canoe, driving over the ice towing a load of lumber.
For me this is an excellent read.  Clearly 5 star.
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It has probably been 40 years sine I last read "Where the Red Fern Grows". It still brought tears to my eyes. Great story. It makes you live in the Ozarks and follow Billy through the hills and valleys with his dogs. Thanks!
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Cack in the Sky cack in the Sky by the Plainsmen (Titus Bass)Terry C. Johnston  Very good. I have read all his books.
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I just finished Leaving Montana and could not put it down.  A beautiful read.  Though the story is quite unique, I think everyone can identify with many of the emotional issues Thomas deals with.  I found myself neglecting things I needed to be doing while reading this book.  I couldn't wait to see what would happen next.  I am looking forward his next one!
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I have visited Yellowstone and photographed in the Spring.  This urges me to do so in the Winter.  The courage and stamina to accomplish these journeys must be counted as heroic.  Love this book and recommend it to all who have even a passing interest in the world of Yellowstone.
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A wonderful expos on Yellowstone.  A "must see."
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I was a fan of Warner Brothers TV westerns and private eye shows and saw them in black and white.  Yellowstone Kelly was in color and had Clint Walker (Cheyenne), John Russell (Lawman), Edd Byrnes (77 Sunset Strip), Ray Danton (The Alaskans),  and Gary Vinson (Roaring 20's).  This started out as a John Wayne movie, but Warners saved money by using their TV stars already under contract.  They could spend the money they saved on actors on amazing locations.
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Please read my review of this series under Yellowstone Season of Giving. I recommend this entire series to readers of time travel, historical fiction, or Yellowstone interests.