Strongheart

by Don Bendell

  Please come along and join in sharing with me the rest of the tale about Pinkerton Agent Joshua Strongheart in his next adventure, Half-Breed, also from Berkley.

  Until then, partner, keep your powder dry and an eye on the horizon, take an occasional glance at your backtrail, and sit tall in the saddle. It does not matter if your saddle is a computer desk chair, La-Z-Boy, porch swing, or deck chair on a cruise ship. Many of us grew up with the spirit of the American cowboy or the pioneer woman. It is good to keep a door to our past open, so we know where our strength, courage, and tenacity came from. It is the legacy of honor forged from the steel characters blessed by God who created some of his mightiest warriors in the American West. It is indeed the backbone of America.

  If you need me, I will be on my horse up in the high lonesome coming up with more stories for you. That is where I get my tales. They are up there above the timberline, written on the clouds, and I swear that handwriting looks perfect.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Don Bendell is the author of well over two dozen books with more than 2,000,000 copies in print worldwide, as well as a successful feature film. An action/adventure man, he is a disabled U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Beret) officer, Vietnam veteran, a grandmaster instructor in four martial arts, and he and his wife were the first couple in history to both be inducted into the International Karate and Kickboxing Hall of Fame.

  Don describes himself as “a real cowboy with a real horse and a real ranch.” He and his wife own a beautiful ranch outside of Florence, Colorado, and he tries to ride his pinto National Show Horse, Eagle, over all the ground that he writes about.

  Don and Shirley Bendell enjoy bow hunting, fishing, and camping with their horses in the Rocky Mountains. Don is the father of six grown children and has eight grand-children.