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The Long Trail West
Paperback
Publisher Price: $19.95
Publisher: Winter Creek Publishing
Published: Apr 15 2026
Pages: 430
Weight: 1.26
Height: 0.96 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
He was as restless as a rattlesnake in a tin can.
At fifteen, he stole his pa's horse and rode west to prove himself.
What followed was not a single journey, but a lifetime of them.
The Long Trail West traces Allen Stephens across the American West-from the open plains of his youth to the quiet reckonings of age. His life was shaped by grit, fierce love, searing loss, and the long patience required to endure change. Much of that change came at the hands of three powerful women-Eddie, Era, Mattie-who saved him...or nearly destroyed him, depending on who's telling the story.
This is not a tale of conquest or glory. It is the story of a cowboy, a stagecoach driver, a railroader, and a rancher-a stubborn man who kept moving forward when standing still was no longer possible-carrying responsibility, memory, and hope across decades of a changing land.
Written as a novel but rooted in true events, The Long Trail West is a portrait of quiet strength, hard-won endurance, and a man who never learned to quit.
Allen never stopped riding.
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