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Lower Missouri River, late summer 1835.Two brothers, fur trappers Zebadiahand Jonathan Creed, are bushwhacked.Jonathan is murdered and Zebadiah leftfor dead. Zeb is found by a Quaker doctorand his daughter, who nurse him back tohealth and insist he stay with them. Butthe appeal of a peaceful life cannot quellZeb's burning desire for revenge and hesets out to find the two men who killedhis brother.In recounting his search, ZebadiahCreed spins an exciting tale that leadsreaders by steamboat down the GreatMississippi to St. Louis and on to NewOrleans, where Zeb finds revenge isnever as simple as killing a man, andretribution and redemption are not thesame. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.