@article{789532,
      note = {Includes excerpt from The Edge of Violence.},
      author = {Johnstone, William W., and Johnstone, J. A.,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/789532},
      title = {Colter's journey /},
      abstract = {"Leaving their Pennsylvania home to forge a new life in  the untamed Oregon Territory of 1845, the Colter family is  ambushed by a kill crazy gang of Indians on the Oregon  Trail. Fifteen-year-old Tim Colter manages to escape and  hide--only to return and find his parents butchered, his  sisters Nancy and Margaret missing. Forced to fight for his  life, the young Colter embarks on a perilous journey across  a lawless wilderness, hoping to save his sisters and  salvage the dream they lived for. But first, Tim has to  figure out how to survive. Luckily, he finds a new friend  in Jed Reno, a grizzled one-eyed trapper who's lived in the  Rockies since the 1820s. Together, the mountain man and the  greenhorn set out after the marauders, blazing a trail of  vengeance. With danger at every turn, and death just a  heartbeat away, Colter has no choice but to grow up  fast--one bullet at a time..." -- Page [4] cover.},
      recid = {789532},
      pages = {361 pages ;},
}