CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am grateful to my wife Maria for both her patience and encouragement along the way.

I am grateful for the support and advice of my brother and fellow writer, Randy Currier.

Thank you to my Big Brother Greg for accidentally shooting me with a high-powered pellet gun when I was but a young lad. Luckily, the shot was deflected by my cowboy belt buckle and in doing so, created what I believe to be the very first spark of my interest in the world of the West!

I would like to give thanks to a wonderfully talented person and friend Erin Enberg for her valuable input and advice. More about Erin's interesting world can be found at www.erinenberg.com

Thank you to Martha Palmer and Kathleen Regan who took the time to lend their interest and support to this effort, as well as all the great people and friends I know and work with at L.L. Bean.

I am grateful to both Walt and Cici Hallberg for the wonderful photo of the decorative horse skull found on back the book's cover. Also a special thanks to Cici for her help in making this website become a reality!

I am grateful to the talented artist Cheri Rol for allowing the use of one of her many outstanding oil paintings for the book's cover.

Thank you to Mark Gregory, Vice President of Infinity Publishing, not just for his professionalism, but, someone who has shown he cares about the author as much as his company.

Thank you to Gabriel Chavarria and Chris Master at Infinity for their work behind the scenes, as well as the entire staff at Infinity Publishing.

I would also like to thank the world renowned author Elmer Kelton who took precious time out of his busy schedule to read and comment on my first novel. His thorough review of my book was both helpful and inspiring.

To Leslie Marco, for her friendship, support and promoting my book, thus prompting many sales at a crucial time. I thank you!

To Paul, a great drummer and special old friend. Thanks for your unconditional support and continued friendship.