James Cole

Return to the Saddle James Cole

Return to the saddle is a story about a family man, John Colter, living and working a wagon freight business in Sacramento, California. Colter and his friends are pressed into service when a neighbor's child is abducted in broad daylight. Because of his experience with Indians, outlaws, wagon trains, and other frontier encounters, the Church Pastor thinks John Colter is the man for the job of finding the missing child. The chase takes Colter and friends out of their quiet little spot and puts them back in the saddle to ride across the mountains and back into the Virginia City area where Colter had spent some time in the past. The trail turns hard with many twists. Men are killed as well as new friends made. Huge questions arise about morality, justice, and simply "the right thin." John and his friends forge ahead for the greater good-to find the missing child.