The Long Trail West

He was as restless as a rattlesnake in a tin can.

At fifteen, he stole his pa's horse and rode west to prove himself.

What followed was not a single journey, but a lifetime of them.

The Long Trail West traces Allen Stephens across the American West-from the open plains of his youth to the quiet reckonings of age. His life was shaped by grit, fierce love, searing loss, and the long patience required to endure change. Much of that change came at the hands of three powerful women-Eddie, Era, ...