Capri Publishing has announced that WR Benton's book, "War Paint" will be available for preorders on Friday, September 15, 2006. A portion of all book sales will go to charity, both national and worldwide.
War Paint - is about George Alwood, a spoiled and rich young man, who following an argument with his father heads west. Thanks to two old mountain men, Hawk and Jeb, he is soon in the shining mountains taking beaver plews. But while the two men acknowledge George takes a short time to come to fully understand the life of fur trapper- the hard work, the loneliness, and the constant danger living among the Indians - he finds that life as a mountain man is not what he expected.
Originally disgusted by a Shoshoni chief, who gives him a wife, George has little choice but to take the woman into the mountains. Even more unexpected, he finds himself becoming attached to Falling Leaf. When his time with Falling Leaf starts to become more intimate, the line between his rich past and real life becomes blurred, and he realizes he has more than he had bargained for. And, then when Leaf is pregnant, she is killed and George goes for revenge.
The book is already recieving good comments from other authors
"I recommend War Paint to anyone who enjoys a good story about mountain men...forgotten heroes of the West."
Norm Rourke
Author, Prairie Wind, Poems & Stories
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W.R. Benton understands Indians, mountain men, and the fur trade, and puts it all down in a whoppin' good read called "War Paint."
Steven M. Ulmen,
Author of "Toby Ryker."
