Dreams to Dust - Russell, Sheldon
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On a fateful day in 1889, the Oklahoma land rush begins, and for thousands of settlers the future is up for grabs. One of those people is Creed McReynolds, fresh from the East with a lawyer's education and a head full of aspirations. The mixed-blood son of a Kiowa mother and a U.S. Cavalry doctor, Creed lands in Guthrie station, the designated Territorial Capital, where he must prove that he is more than the half-blood kid once driven from his own land. In recounting the precipitous rise and catastrophic fall of the jerrybuilt city of Guthrie, author Sheldon Russell immerses us in the lives of…mehr

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On a fateful day in 1889, the Oklahoma land rush begins, and for thousands of settlers the future is up for grabs. One of those people is Creed McReynolds, fresh from the East with a lawyer's education and a head full of aspirations. The mixed-blood son of a Kiowa mother and a U.S. Cavalry doctor, Creed lands in Guthrie station, the designated Territorial Capital, where he must prove that he is more than the half-blood kid once driven from his own land. In recounting the precipitous rise and catastrophic fall of the jerrybuilt city of Guthrie, author Sheldon Russell immerses us in the lives of Creed and other memorable characters whose ambitions echo the taming of the frontier-and whose fates hold lessons as important today as they were more than a hundred years ago. Among the people McReynolds must contend with is Abaddon Damon. A ruthless newspaper publisher, Abaddon is quick to strike any bargain that will bring him the power he craves, and like many others, Creed McReynolds is swept into his whirlwind of greed and deception. Creed becomes the wealthiest man in the Territory-but at an unbearable cost to himself, the dreams of others, and the dignity of his mother's people. Dreams to Dust takes readers back to the early days of Oklahoma Territory-a sometimes dangerous place filled with nefarious dealings, where violence lurks behind even casual encounters-to tell the story of frontier men and women gambling everything to find their fortune on the windswept southern plains.
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Dr. Sheldon Russell is the author of thirteen books and is perhaps best known for his Hook Runyon mystery series. His work has twice won the Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction, as well as the Langum Prize for Historical Literature. He's received starred reviews in both Booklist and Publishers Weekly. The Insane Train was selected as one of the six best mysteries of 2010 by Publishers Weekly. A Forgotten Evil (Cynren/Cennan) won the 2020 Spur Award for Best Western Historical Novel, Western Writers of America. A Particular Madness (Cynren/Cennan) was selected as a Spur Award Finalist for Best Western Contemporary Novel of 2022.Growing up on a cattle ranch in the Gloss Mountains of Oklahoma has given Russell insight into the power of place and man's capacity for good and evil. His was a storytelling culture, a culture of humor and of hard times. A passion for narrative and history was inevitable. Russell and his wife, Nancy, a sculptor, currently reside on the home ranch in Waynoka, Oklahoma. Hobbies and interests include reading, collecting books, and gardening.