Authors: Walter Ray Stump with Jack H. Brown; Format: Hardcover; ISBN: 9781570877124; Copyright Date: 2008; Publisher: Professional Press; Length: 266 pages. Condition: Brand New. Dust jacket and cover are both still in pristine shape, binding is strong, and pages are unmarked. Same cover design as that shown here.

Synopsis:
The first novella, THE TRAIL OF THE MOUNTAIN GOD, is steeped in reality. The tale is based on an actual event occurring when the now-popular Olympic sport of freestyle skiing was evolving. The young hero, Timothy Allen Walden or Toshka Neyko Tawnee, is faced with a clash between two different cultures challenging him to synthesize an entire new concept of self. Timothy discovers that man is best when struggling to find a raison d’être. THE NIGHT THE RAINBOW TOUCHED THE EARTH is the story of a young pilot during World War II trying to return to the war after a much deserved leave. Grayson Jeeter, flying a B-25 back to duty, is forced to crash land his plane into the Grand Canyon area of Arizona and Utah. Fate forces him to re-evaluate his life. His world of violence is suddenly suspended and he is allowed to temporarily turn inward. Jeeter flourishes in isolation and rediscovers some of life’s imperatives and, more importantly, love. The third piece, THE BADGE, is a study of an actual act of unspeakable violence occurring in California in the 1920’s. It is based on the apprehension of one of the first, if not the first, serial killer in the state. Stump is joined by his cousin Dr. Jack H. Brown who is the son of the late Deputy Sheriff Jack Brown of San Bernardino County, California. Sheriff Brown, whose mother was Native American, was trained by the Shoshone tribe to be an expert tracker. THE BADGE traces his unrelenting efforts to track Gordon Stewart Northcott. For Stump and Brown, who grew up together, this piece is a labor of love. Exceptionally few people were privy to the actual facts of Deputy Brown’s heroism, his investigation and the subsequent capture of this dangerous psychopathic pedophile. The Northcott case formed the basis of the movie THE CHANGELING. These stories are about the indomitable spirit of those under pressure and how, indeed, they all reach an epiphany at their most defining moment.

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