Bound for the Promise-Land

Review An illuminating book ... believably drawn and complex ... a book that everyone should read. -- The Shootist, January 2001Smith creates a classic from the first chapter ... a magnificent novel that I predict will become a classic. -- Roundup Magazine, June 2001 Product Description Alfred Mann was born a slave, but he had no intention of remaining one. Spurred on by his hunger for freedom, he begins a quest to find his place in the world. From the shackles of slavery to the smoky battlefields of the Civil War, from Reconstruction South to Northern race riots to fighting Indians on the Western Plains, Alfred proves to the world and to himself that he is a man. Along the way he finds love, friendship...and a trail of blood in Bound for the Promise-Land. About the Author Troy Smith is a member of Western Writers of America. He has over fourty published magazine articles, short stories, and poems. His credits include Louis L'Amour Magazine, Wild West, Muzzleloader, Civil War Times Illustrated, and many others. Bound for the Promise-Land was a 2001 Spur Award winner and Medicine Pipe Award finalist. Smith was also a Spur finalist in 1998.