Richard S. Wheeler

Richard S. Wheeler (1935-2019) wrote over fifty novels and several short stories. He won six Spur Awards (for Fool's Coach, Sierra, Masterson, Drum's Ring, Vengeance Valley, and The Canyon of Bones) and the Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement in the field of western literature. His series include Skye's West and The Witness.
Before turning to fiction he was a newsman and book editor. Wheeler lived in the literary and film community of Livingston, Montana.
Bitterroot and Sundance
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
Here sold at one low price, Bitterroot and Sundance are two novels in legendary Western writer Richard S. Wheeler's Barnaby Skye series
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Bannack: A Barnaby Skye Novel
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
Bannack is the third novel in the acclaimed Skye’s West series following mountain man Barnaby Skye, from six-time Spur Award-winning author Richard S. Wheeler
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The Deliverance and The Fire Arrow
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
The Deliverance and The Fire Arrow are two Skye's West novels by one of America’s greatest Western storytellers, Richard S. Wheeler, at one price.
The...
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The Far Tribes
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
"One of the greatest Western writers around today" (Publishers Weekly), Spur Award-winning author Richard S. Wheeler continues his iconic Skye's West series with The Far Tribes.
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The Canyon of Bones and North Star
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
Two Skye's West novels by Spur Award-winner and legendary Western writer Richard S. Wheeler in one volume.
The Canyon of Bones
Mountain man Barnaby...
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Going Home and Downriver
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
Mountain man Barnaby Skye and his Crow wife are back in Going Home and Downriver, two beloved installments of renowned Western writer Richard S. Wheeler's Spur Award-winning...
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Easy Pickings and The First Dance
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
From six-time Spur Award-winning author, Richard S. Wheeler, two tales of strength in the face of adversity- Easy Pickings and The First Dance at one low price.
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Anything Goes and The Richest Hill on Earth
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
Travelling performers struggle to impress rowdy western towns in Anything Goes, and ambitions clash as Montana miners fight for control of The Richest Hill on Earth; two...
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Snowbound and Eclipse
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
Two stories of renowned American explorers in one low-priced edition, from master of the western novel Richard S. Wheeler
Snowbound
American explorer...
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Easy Pickings
Richard S. Wheeler
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A widow must defend herself and her property from greedy townsfolk in Easy Pickings, a new tale from renowned master of the Western novel, Richard S. Wheeler
Life...
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Anything Goes
Richard S. Wheeler
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Anything Goes: the enchanting story of a vaudeville troupe that makes its way to Western mining towns, from renowned master of the Western novel, Richard S. Wheeler.
The cowboys, gold...
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Rendezvous and Dark Passage
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
Two complete novels in one low-priced ebook edition from beloved Western author Richard S. Wheeler: Rendezvous and Dark Passage
Rendezvous
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The Richest Hill on Earth
Richard S. Wheeler
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Forge Books
In this captivating historical novel, six-time Spur Award winner Richard S. Wheeler turns his storyteller's eye to a clash of towering ambitions in the American West, when the Copper Kings of Butte,...
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The First Dance
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
The First Dance takes beloved mountain man Barnaby Skye's family to its third generation in North America.
Miles City, Montana....
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The Owl Hunt
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
The latest in the long-running tale of the beloved mountain man, Barnaby Skye, occurs early in the history of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, where Skye's mixed-blood son, Dirk, teaches school....
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North Star
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
There is a season for all things. . .
For Barnaby Skye, legendary guide and man of the borders, it is time to start a new life. For Skye's younger wife, the beautiful Shoshone woman he...
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Virgin River
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
The sixteenth novel in Wheeler's epic Barnaby Skye series
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The Canyon of Bones
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
With the trapping trade on the decline, mountain man Barnaby Skye takes work as a guide, leading a wealthy Englishman, Graves Duplessis Mercer, and two companions on an exploration of the Yellowstone...
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Dark Passage
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
It is 1831 and Barnaby Skye, a deserter from the British Royal Navy and now a seasoned trapper in the Rocky Mountains, accompanies his Crow wife, Mary Quill Woman--whom he calls "Victoria"--to her...
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Wind River
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
Barnaby Skye, the former Royal Navy Captain turned trapper has been offered a lucrative proposal from the US Government. His intimate relations with many Indian tribes, and his marriages to their...
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The Fire Arrow
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
Barnaby Skye, the most durable and unforgettable character in modern Western fiction, returns in this harrowing tale of survival from his early years in the Rockies.
In the midst of a brutal...
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The Deliverance
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
Barnaby Skye, the earthy deserter from the Royal Navy who has carved a career in the Rocky Mountains as a trapper, guide, and magnet for adventure, drifts south to Mexican territory with his Crow...
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Downriver
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
Barnaby Skye, seaman-deserter from the Royal Navy, Rocky Mountain trapper, and frontiersman extraordinaire, brings his Crow Indian wife, Many Quill Woman (whom Skye calls "Victoria"), to the trappers'...
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Going Home
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
It is 1832, six years after he deserted the Royal Navy, when Barnaby Skye has a chance to return to England to clear his name and take up employment with the Hudson's Bay Company. But "Mister Skye,"...
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Rendezvous: A Barnaby Skye Novel
Skye's West
Richard S. Wheeler
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
Barnaby Skye, a pressed seaman in the Royal Navy, jumps ship at Fort Vancouver in 1826 with little more than the clothes on his back and a belaying pin for a weapon. Fighting for life, starving,...
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