Book One – the #1 bestselling Threads West—winner of twenty national/international awards in the categories of Historical Fiction, Romance and Western. This is the namesake novel of the sweeping Threads West, An American Saga multi-era series compared by reviewers and authors to Lonesome Dove, Centennial, and Louis L'Amour. Called by some "The Gone With The Wind of the West” and applauded by others as “rings true and poignant, as authentic and moving as Dances with Wolves.” The tale bursts with the adventure, romance and promise of historical America and the West. You will recognize the characters who live in these pages.They are the ancestors of your friends, your neighbors, your co-workers, and your family.