Creed of the Mountain Man

By Carl Schuler

What obfuscated harbinger awaits an individual during any offered period of stated fate?That query answer depends, in part, upon independent decision within a given pulse of time.Faith! Family! Freedom! Might just be all the reality there isIn one eternal instant the only mercy judgment will be---His!Seeking the turquoise glacier hugging barren slopes in the High Lonesome which the mountain man had first sighted some fifty years prior, this last sojourn to reach his beloved cave house to reunite with his lost family, Indian wife, Shenectawah, their son, Wild Eagle and the little Indian girl, Waleah, pits nature, fate and a pernicious history against the traveler's intent. Knowledge, perseverance and understanding guide the old man to his past, through the now and into the future where he hopes to find peace. A challenge to character revealed in the shining light of truth awaits; solace found, comes in facing the reality of what a truly noble life might be.Living his beliefs, the mountain man derives supreme satisfaction from a good and worthy life. Love found, abandoned, newly discovered, lost again; finally, an attempt to renew lost love and a realization of true emotion. The search brings the frontier man fae to face with his own reality, offering learning of a deep nature, not only the highlights of life, but, profound meaning in its very existance. That a man might know his virtue is knowledge worthwhile; to challenge all his beliefs, holding dear the treasures capable of standing objective scrutiny while reasonably abandoning misinterpreted conclusions, attests to the depth of good character, leading to satiated happiness of a true nature.Relive a time of personal development in tha majestic Rocky Mountains; inhale a breath of Freedom! See vistas experienced in masterpiece paintings found in the works of masters who caught the very essence of the wild frontier on canvas. A plethora of information about the characters of the west living in the 1800's becomes available through the life and times of the mountain man. Civilization comes west to displace the indiginous Indian tribes, their way of life through centuries displacing their culture and society with "modern" elements to which they were neither ready to embrace nor able to properly assimilate. The "Iron Horse" stands as the epitome of their challenges to the coming of the white man.Raw passion, a sense of duty, guilt, unanswered questions about his past; these enigmas become his nemesis; not unlike modern man a century and a half later, these troublesome wraiths must be unmasked, faced with honest integrity and finally dispensed with in a timely manner. Only the light of truth can identify and, at last, dispell the ghosts which haunt tranquility.In the end, the mountain man finds a niche for disposal of his found-wealth in an unexpected discovery; while harboring a subconscious desire for a long-lost love, he stumbles upon a worthy mission. Serindipidy! often, the best medicine is the least expected, for the sake of everyone involved. Experience those nostalgic offerings of mid-nineteenth century Rocky Mountain adventure; high times in a savage environment spiced with Rendezvous, romance, tradtiion, the "Iron Horse", coming civilization brought to the wild frontier by real men and women hell-bent on finding a better life in a new land. Yet, for some, that distant echo haunts a past necessary to revisit if only to quell the troublesome wraiths within an imaginative mind. Before a soul might rest and free a spirit to soar upon the wild blue, roaming ghosts must face the light of truth as a man tethers his errant wandering fears.While modern, sophisticated society will create drama in hope of eliciting excitement to some scant degree within a mundane experience, the awesome meanderings through the life and times of an intrepid history beckon body, soul and spirit to another dimension; indeed, a better place.Find solace and serenity through ope

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1520470576
• ISBN13: 9781520470573
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"