Jedediah Colter is a man with dreams beyond the mountains of North Carolina. Jedd convinces a band of travelers bound for the gold fields of California to hire him as a guard. The Sadler brothers promise him a cut of their mining fortune, but plan to cheat Jedd out of his earnings. While the journey is difficult and its leaders incompetent, Jedd keeps the peace and saves them all from disaster. Yet when Jedd is injured, the Sadlers head west without him. And after he recovers, Jedd only has one thing on his mind - getting even. -book jacket.
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