Heartbreak and Heaven

By David M. Delo

The theme of this historical novel deals with “the resilient frontier spirit”--the tenacity and fortitude of settlers to overcome life's challenges on the frontier (1864-1885). It is also based on the life of the longest-practicing Military Post Trader in American frontier history. The Military Post Trader, also known as the "sutler," was an early American entrepreneur who helped America settle the West. As a US Army civilian, he ran the military post store for soldiers and civilians, owned the local freighting line, traded furs with the Indians,and helped folk get settled in the area. Some were scoundrels, some were gentlemen; many lost money; others became millionaires.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David M. Delo
• Release date: Aug 8, 2011
• ISBN: 9781452407951

David M. Delo

Bio of author David M. Delo I’ve never been great at anything, but I have been around and have had as many failures as I have successes. After college, I was a C.I. agent for NATO (US Army) in Europe. Back in the USA, I became an educational administrator for the American Geological Institute, in Washington, D.C.; a systems analyst and V. P. at Levi Strauss & Co. in San Francisco; owner of a guest ranch in Wyoming; a P. R. writer for a university library in Illinois and grants writer for a not-for-profit organization in Montana; owner of a publishing company (Kingfisher Creations) through which I authored 10 books; and a semi-professional photographer for half a century. I have also been an artist since 1993 and I have been bipolar II since the mid-1960s. I guess you could say I have had a colorful life. Since the turn of the century, I have resided within the world of creativity. My books (and paintings) are my children and my heritage. My action-mysteries are based on my years in Europe. My historical novels are all based on places to which I have ventured, and I still love my protagonists with whom I identify–a geologist, an artist, a photographer, and an intrepid explorer of the west.