Harold Bell Wright

Strangers aren't well received in the Mutton Hollow neighborhood of the Ozarks....

As a boy, Dick Falkner ran away from abject poverty and an abusive alcoholic father. Sixteen years later, he finds himself hungry of body and empty of spirit in a Midwestern town....

This classic Western story takes place on a cattle ranch. When a mysterious stranger comes walking into town seeking employment at the Cross-Triangle Ranch, life changes....

This is a story about a young man's journey into manhood and the discovery of his true calling in life....

In the beautiful, peaceful Ozark Mountains, a simple village lives a seemingly idyllic life, but it is far from perfect. In the midst of their struggles, an elderly shepherd arrives, leaving the distractions and stress of the city to find answers from his past.

Here is a land where a man, to live, must be a man. It is a land of granite and marble, strong stone and gold—and a man’s strength must be as the strength of the primeval hills. It is a land of oaks and cedars and pines—and a man’s mental grace must be as the grace of the untamed trees.