By: Dorman Lowell Chasteen, Jr.
The Gunsmoke
Drifted West
If you want to read a down-to-earth story that encompasses adventure in the West, READ THIS BOOK.
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After the murder of his wife and two children by his ex-partner, Andrew Helm tried to either end or pick up the pieces of his life. He had gone out alone with his team on the Plains in the dead of winter. For days he had nearly killed himself with drink and cold before he passed the crossroad of decision.
It took the death of one of his team from exposure to bring him to his senses. He decided to try to live and put his life together. For now, the purpose of his life would be centered on finding his family's killer. Unfortunately for him, the fifty or so warriors headed for him had other ideas. He could just make out the sign of the wolf on their horses and shields. His heart sank. They were Tsis-tsis-tas. Whites knew them as Cheyenne. There would be no quarter.
This book is a historical, Western adventure. It contains many facts on Plains Indians, weapons of the era, and life in the West not normally known. It contains the justice of the God of the Old Testament. If you want to read a down-to-earth story that encompasses adventure in the West, READ THIS BOOK.
Dorman Chasteen was born in Oklahoma City in 1949. He is a Christian. He is very fortunate in that his family passed down stories for generations and historical records verify the happenings. HIs stories includes many family occurrences, their lives and their deaths. His maternal grandfather was involved in two Indian incidents when he was a boy and his great-great-grandfather was a galvanized (Confederate) Yankee at Fort Laramie at the height of the Great Sioux War. He carried a bullet in his leg until his death in 1915. His other paternal great-great-grandfather had a finger shot-off in the Civil War. His paternal great-grandmother stood-off Comanches by holding a broom like it was a rifle. His great uncle was an Indian Agent for the Oglala Sioux (Crazy Horse's tribe), Northern Cheyenne, and Kiowa when Indian combatants from the Indian Wars were still alive.
Dorman has a picture of himself and the last Indian survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn in taken in 1955. One of his ancestors was the drummer for General Jackson on his way to the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on with Jackson on his way to New Orleans.
Dorman is a firearms enthusiast. He is a combat veteran of the United States Marine Corps and an Army veteran with Recondo (shortened Ranger School from 1970s) and Jump qualification. When he writes about a wound, it is something he has seen. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University and father of three grown girls and a step-daughter. He is retired military and Civil Service.
" This book is an outstanding example of the genre. Wish there were more like it. "
Louis T. Wilcoxson