The Canyon of Bones (26 page)

Authors: Richard S. Wheeler

BOOK: The Canyon of Bones

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“A much-honored Western writer from Livingston, Montana â¦ [Wheeler] creates another fascinating novel rooted in history.”

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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The Exile

“He is among the top living writers of Western historical novelsâif not the best.”

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Tulsa World
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Masterson

“Wheeler's Westerns just keep getting better and better â¦ . Wheeler is a master of character and plot, and this novel showcases his talents at their peak.”

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Publishers Weekly
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Downriver

“Wheeler is a master storyteller whose many tales of the Westward Movement â¦ weave fact, fiction, and folklore into pure entertainment.”

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Library Journal

Author's Note

Graves Duplessis Mercer is based on the real Sir Richard Burton, British explorer, ethnographer, translator, and journalist. In 1860 Burton visited North America, focusing on the polygamous life of the Mormons in Salt Lake City. Burton eventually published forty-three volumes dealing with his explorations, provided thirty volumes of translation, and was fluent in many languages. He was fascinated by the mating practices, rituals, and cults of various tribes and peoples in the Near East, Africa, and Asia, and recorded these in his diaries and journals for many years. He so affronted Victorian sensibilities that he was forced to live the last decades of his life away from England. When he died in 1890, his wife burned the journals

This is a work of fiction. All the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

THE CANYON OF BONES

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eISBN 9781429928007

First eBook Edition : March 2011

First Edition: April 2007

First Mass Market Edition: January 2008