Highpockets A Novel - Douglas Savage

Franklin Pierce Was President Of The United States In 1855, The Mexican War Had Just Ended; The Horrors Of The American Civil War Had Not Yet Begun. The Last Of The Spirits Known As The Mountain Men Were Securing Their Place In The Legends Of The Frontier. Among These Fierce Adventurers Was A Man Who Called Himself Highpockets.into The Harsh Wilderness Highpockets Had Come To Escape The Soot Of The Cities And The Terrible Memories Of War; With Nothing But The Strength Of His Heart And Hands He Had Carved Out A Life Of Freedom In The Nearly Inaccessible High Places Of The Rocky The Autumn Of His Days Highpockets Stumbled Across A Half-frozen, Half-dead Immigrant Boy Who Had Wandered In The Snow And Icemdash;terrified After Having Been Separated From The Wagon Train Carrying His Eastern European Family Across The Vast World.highpockets Called The Boy Cub And Took Him To The Wilderness Domain The Old Man Called My Mountain.