Bruce Todd

One man. Two worlds. A thousand miles of desert fire. Before the West was won, it had to be survived. For John Hatcher, survival meant becoming someone else. As a premier scout for the legendary Bent, St. Vrain & Co., Hatcher walked the razor's edge between civilization and the wild. He was the man who negotiated peace with the Kiowa, survived the betrayal of the Taos Revolt, and led a "living ribbon" of six thousand sheep through the dry jaws of the Mojave Desert.
Through ambushes in red-rock canyons and standoffs with desperate outlaws, Hatcher's life was a testament to the grit of the mountain man. But in a land being swallowed by maps and military boots, his greatest challenge wasn't the trail-it was finding a place where a man with a "Freckled Hand" could still be free.