Tie My Bones to Her Back: A Novel

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After her parents' deaths and the recession force her out of her home in 1873, Jenny Dousmann heads for the Wild West. She knows that if she can find her brother, Otto, a Civil War veteran, he'll take care of her. When they finally reunite, Jenny is surprised to find that Otto has been working as a buffalo hunter and is struggling even to support himself. The number of hunters in the West has increased rapidly, and buffalo has become scarce. To make matters worse, the whites and the native Indians are constantly at war, putting everyone in the area in danger...

Robert F. Jones was a novelist, contributing editor to Men's Journal, and writer for Sports Illustrated and Field & Stream. In addition to Blood Sport, he authored multiple other works of fiction and nonfiction, among them the award-winning Jake and Upland Passage. He spent much of his life in western Vermont.

"I kept saying 'wow' with awe and respect as I read it. Tie My Bones to Her Back is a terrific book. Exciting, fascinating, beautifully written." Elmore Leonard "Beautifully written, character-driven, and highly entertaining, this is Robert F. Jones's best book to date and the best literary action novel I've read since Lonesome Dove." Howard Frank Mosher "I kept saying 'wow' with awe and respect as I read it. Tie My Bones to Her Back is a terrific book. Exciting, fascinating, beautifully written." Elmore Leonard "Beautifully written, character-driven, and highly entertaining, this is Robert F. Jones's best book to date and the best literary action novel I've read since Lonesome Dove." Howard Frank Mosher