RENO, Nev. (MMD Newswire) March 19, 2009 -- The second book in a series, María by Frank W. Lewis is the story of one young man and woman's journey from Santa Fé to the small village of Los Angeles, a part of Mexico during 1835 to 1836.

From the pen of author Lewis comes a tale written to be as rough and tumultuous as the Wild West. Drawing on his personal research in an effort to breathe life into one of the richest periods of American history, Lewis' second book, María, picks up where his first book Frontier Justice left off.

Having crossed the great "Prairie Ocean" from Independence, Mo. to Santa Fé, the new novel's opening pages find Caleb in a gun battle with mountain men renegades, a violent encounter in which he saves the life of Don Pedro de Vargas, son of the wealthy patrón and rancho owner Don Miguel de Vargas. Invited to the ranch as a gesture of thanks, Caleb meets and falls in love with María, Don Miguel's beautiful, headstrong daughter.

Unfortunately for Caleb, María is already affianced to another. Forced to leave each other, Caleb returns to his life of trading pelts. Not long afterwards, fate leads Caleb to the discovery that María's caravan was ambushed by an Apache raiding party while traveling to California to wed, and she had been sold into slavery. Yet rescuing María from her captors does not mean salvation for either of them, as Caleb must now lead María to safety through hostile territory-a journey that will still culminate with a wedding if they arrive alive.

Extensively researched, the journey of Caleb and María through the Yellowstone Valley and the Sierra Nevada mountains has both adventure and realism. From the fur trappers trading and American Indians, to the deteriorating Catholic missions and the vaqueros tending herds of cattle, Lewis has worked to recreate a time and place that resonates with authenticity. Including details like the language, customs and rituals from the time, Lewis designed the book to contain larger-than-life characters as real as the actual men and women whose enduring spirit settled the American West.

For more information or to request a free review copy, members of the press can contact the author at frankwlewis@embarqmail.com. María is available for sale online at Lmine.com, Amazon.com, BookSurge.com and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author
A self-made business man, Frank W. Lewis spent 50 years in the mining industry developing mining properties in Nevada and owned his own gold mine until he retired. He is the author of three other published novels, Rumpah, Frontier Justice and The Three Sisters.

MEDIA CONTACT
Frank W. Lewis
E-mail: frankwlewis@embarqmail.com
Phone: (775) 772-1374

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