Stranded by Matthew P Mayo

Stranded by Matthew P Mayo

2018 SPUR AWARD WINER FOR BEST WESTERN YOUNG ADULT FICTION

2018 WESTERN HERITAGE WRANGLER AWARD WINER FOR OUTSTANDING WESTERN NOVEL

2018 PEACEMAKER AWARD WINER FOR BEST WESTERN YOUNG ADULT FICTION

2018 WIL ROGERS MEDALION AWARD FINALIST

2018 HIGH PLAINS BOK AWARD FINALIST

GREAT FOR FANS OF GARY PAULSEN'S SURVIVAL STORIES AND READERS WHO ENJOYED THE REVENANT BY MICHAEL PUNKE

In autumn, 1849, 14-year-old Janette Riker travels westward to Oregon Territory with her father and two brothers. Before crossing the Rockies, they stop briefly to hunt buffalo. The men leave camp early on the second day . and never return.

Based on actual events, and told in diary format, Stranded is the harrowing account of young Janette Riker's struggle to survive the long winter alone. Facing certain death, and with blizzards, frostbite, and gnawing hunger her only companions, she endures repeated attacks by grizzly bears, wolves, and mountain lions.

Janette rises to each challenge, relying on herself more than she knew possible. Her only comfort comes in writing in her diary, where she shares her fears, her travails, and her dwindling hopes.

Matthew P. Mayo's short stories have appeared in a variety of publications, including Six-Guns and Slay Bells, Beat to a Pulp, Out of the Gutter, Moonstone Books anthologies, and the DAW Books anthologies Timeshares and Steampunk'd. His stories have been nominated for Western Writers of America's Spur Award and Western Fictioneers' Peacemaker Award. Matthew's novels include the Westerns Winters' War; Wrong Town; Hot Lead, Cold Heart; Dead Man's Ranch; Tucker's Reckoning; and The Hunted.His critically acclaimed non-fiction includes the books Cowboys, Mountain Men & Grizzly Bears: Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of the Wild West; Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks: Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of Hardscrabble New England; Sourdoughs, Claim Jumpers & Dry Gulchers: Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of Frontier Prospecting, and Haunted Old West, all published by Globe Pequot Press.He has also written for Globe Pequot Press, in collaboration with his wife, photographer Jennifer Smith-Mayo, the coffee-table books Maine Icons, New Hampshire Icons, and Vermont Icons. Matthew roves the highways and byways of New England and out West with his wife and their wee dog, Nessie. Visit him on the Web at www.matthewmayo.com.

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ISBN 13	9781432834043
ISBN 10	1432834045
Title	Stranded
Author	Matthew P Mayo
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Five Star Publishing
Year published	2017-05-17
Number of pages	243
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