Leroy A. Peters Books in Order

Betrayed into slavery and imprisoned in Egypt, Joseph relies on his faith while facing a future he cannot foresee. His path toward service under Pharaoh intersects with Asenath, a priest’s daughter whose encounter with him changes her own life.

In 1826, Scottish teenager Hezekiah MacGyver and his friend Steven, who escaped slavery, learn trapping from a veteran mountain man. Dangerous lessons in survival and trust shape Hezekiah’s passage into adulthood, while love complicates his chosen life in the Rockies.

Peters collects poems drawn from personal experiences, including military service and betrayal, alongside reflections on historical violence. Several works explore spiritual questions, while another commemorates the Cheyenne and Arapaho people killed at Sand Creek and Washita Creek.

Betrayed by his brother and sweetheart, sixteen-year-old Isaiah Reinhardt leaves South Carolina for the West. A French trapper takes him under his wing in St. Louis, beginning an apprenticeship that challenges his anger and his attachment to home.

The Armstrong brothers free an enslaved man while traveling to rendezvous, earning the anger of his former captors. Their families face another immediate danger when a large, cunning grizzly begins hunting people near their western home.

After their parents die, three young Armstrong brothers leave Nantucket to join a beaver-trapping expedition from St. Louis. Their first years in the West test family loyalty against difficult terrain, dangerous animals and conflict with people already living there.

The Armstrong brothers have built families and livelihoods in the western trapping country. When Enoch kills an attacker during a raid, the dead man’s brother swears revenge against everyone he loves, threatening the life they have established.

Reunited in the spring of 1834, the Armstrong brothers decide to travel to St. Louis for better fur prices and cheaper supplies. The long journey brings their families and companions into unfamiliar challenges along the river.

Retired Hudson’s Bay Company trader Ernest Doyle now hunts for Fort McKenzie, concealing a sinister side from his employers. Known to some Blackfeet as the Man Hunter, he turns his dangerous attention toward the Armstrong brothers.

The Armstrong brothers' adventures turn toward California as settlers undertake a dangerous journey west. Harsh weather, illness, wild animals and conflict along the route test the travelers' ability to survive and hold their group together.

Mountain man Lazarus Buchanan takes his Native family east to reconnect with relatives in Delaware. In a rapidly growing Dover, corruption and hostility test his principles and force him to defend the bonds linking the different worlds he inhabits.

Young Lazarus joins his mountain-man uncle Amos on a journey west to trap beaver in the Rockies. His enthusiasm meets a demanding apprenticeship as Amos teaches him the skills needed to survive the mountains and their many dangers.

In 1818, Jonah Chamberlain has found peace with his family among the Cheyenne. When old friends seek his help with a trapping expedition, their concealed plan to enter dangerous territory threatens to pull him back into the life he abandoned.

Lazarus travels the western wilderness with his wives Dark Wind and Mountain Flower, encountering Native communities, old friends and new enemies. Their bonds of family and shared principles face repeated tests as conflicts threaten the life they have built.

In 1813, young trapper Lazarus Buchanan leads his family across the Continental Divide to return his wife Mountain Flower to her people. War between Britain and America disrupts the fur trade, bringing new threats to the family’s journey.

Press-ganged into the Royal Navy at thirteen, Jonah Chamberlain endures harsh treatment aboard HMS Executioner. The Battle of New Orleans offers a chance to escape, setting him on a path toward freedom and a new life in the American West.

After the woman he loves is killed by a bullet intended for him, Jehosaphat Walsh heads west seeking a reason to live. Life among mountain men brings violent conflicts that force him to confront grief, vengeance and the cost of survival.

Lazarus Buchanan has built a family and uneasy peace in the Northern Rockies when new trappers arrive with different ambitions. Their recklessness and treachery threaten his relationships with Native communities and the way of life he has come to value.

Young Boston blacksmith Methuselah Hogan leaves his wealthy family behind and heads west with experienced trapper David Greenwood. Learning the fur trade and forming relationships with Native communities, he searches for independence in a rapidly changing frontier.