Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. Friends, Romans, and Americans--lend me your eyes--or if you are like me and only have one eye; well lend me it then. I regret that I have only one eye to give. From the time even before Patrick Henry, came "The Overmountain Men." Men, and women, of darring do who came out of and over the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. Ever searching for what lies over the next ridge. They took the land from whomever had lived there for many years. This caused somewhat of a row. The Creeks, the Shawnees, the Delawares, and the Cherokees were pretty upset about this. (My wife is Cherokee and is still upset about this. Be careful if you run into her. Be verrrry careful.) Joshua Colter was one such man. An overmountain man, a frontiersman, and a true early American hero. (Well, in fiction anyway.) A good book; not too gory; published back in 1991; and the first book in "The Tennessee Frontier Trilogy" series. By-the-way; there are three books in a trilogy. I was once upon a time, at a Nora Roberts book signing. The lady in front of me, asked Nora how many books were in this trilogy of Noras. I swear to you she did. I thought Nora was going to turn all shades of red! This work is good. It is good early American historical fiction. I would have given it four stars instead of three--but I thought it was a bit long and drawn out in some places.