T. H. Elkman: A Western Novel

Written by Eric H. Heisner

Narrated by Brian Troxell

1800’s American West—a place where men find themselves in harsh and cruel circumstances and where lives are short lived. Where women are hard as the steel of a gun, and the sweet burn of whiskey eases the rough, ratted edges. Where death is a pill that must be swallowed, and senses are developed beyond true human comprehension . . . Honest work on the frontier was sometimes hard to acquire. Traveling independently on the expansive road through the west, cowboy and westerner Tomas H. Elkman is a man of the times. To ease the loneliness of the trail while searching for gainful employment, Elkman warily teams up with a fight-prone, good-timing gambler by the name of Jefferson McGredy. This strange pairing of men is hired to deliver an assemblage of horses to a ranch in the untamed northern territory. The rancher sends his young son, Kent Martin, to accompany the horsemen on their travels through mountains and rivers, across primitive landscapes, and into remnants of mining boomtowns. The journey becomes a constant challenge to their moral fiber as they face the overwhelming hardships of hostile weather, rustlers, and natives . . . T. H. Elkman is a story of frontier grit, moral simplicity, individuality and consequential violence in the American West. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction that takes place in the old West. Westerns—books about outlaws, sheriffs, chiefs and warriors, cowboys and Indians—are a genre in which we publish regularly. Our list includes international bestselling authors like Zane Gray and Louis L’Amour, and many more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Everand Productions
• Release date: Jul 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9781094425757

Eric H. Heisner

Eric H. Heisner is an award-winning screenwriter, actor, and filmmaker who has a special affinity for the Western genre. With his first novel West to Bravo, he continues to broaden his skills as a teller of stories from the mythology of the American West.

Reviews for T. H. Elkman

[parrottfam5 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I thought it was a great book. Great story and characters.

[Joyce Harout · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Soooooooooo slowwwww. Couldn't do it. Plus the descriptions were giving me anxiety.

[Steven Sesanto · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The travel in the rain was too long. Yes yes

[spamalam · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It was a great story. A pleasant reader. However I've never heard or read as many references to whiskers in my life. It got old very fast.

[Shantel Jones · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I like this book a lot but it does have some bad language. Its almost like watching a western movie

[Russ Palmeri · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A great yarn. Good characters, lotta action, happiness, heartbreak, it’s got it all.

[Verna Jacobson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Awesome!! Very descriptive writer
And as I was listening, I felt like I was there!

[becky · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

4 1/2 stars but couldn’t figure out how to post the half. This was a fun read and enjoyed listening to it while doing housework and cooking. I’ll keep my eye out for more from this author.

[Sherie Hollins Hayes · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I liked it. Very different from what I normally enjoy.

[lizbet alviar · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I thought it was a great book, a little off pace but I enjoyed the action, the western slang. It was okay, I definitely recommend to fellow western fanatics. McGreedy definitely stole the show at times.

[Siegfried herrmann · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Well written and entertaining! The characters were believable, I very much enjoyed it and hope for a part two lol.

[Pete Wormwood · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

It was a nice story, humorous in parts, likable and believable characters, but I guess westerns may not be my cup of tea. I feel it lacked excitement or action. Usually I am reading crime thrillers.

[Cindy Evans · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Prefer clean with no foul language. I Could not finish.

[Sue Farris · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

In spite of the unusual present tense and the lack of sentence variety (mostly subject-predicate), I thoroughly enjoyed this well-spun tale with its terrific descriptions (half the time I felt dirty and tasted dirt or smelled gun powder.) The two main characters were so well written that they will stay with me for a good long while!

[H · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Nice serving of typical western fare, told well. Enjoyed it