Terry C. Johnston is recognized as a master of the American historical novel. His grand adventures of the American West combine the grace and beauty of a natural storyteller with complete dedication to historical accuracy and authenticity. Johnston was born on the first day of 1947 on the plains of Kansas, and lived all his life in the American West. His first novel, Carry the Wind, won the Medicine Pipe Bearer Award from the Western Writers of America, and his subsequent books have appeared on bestseller lists throughout the country. After writing more than thirty novels, he died in March 2001 in Millings, Montana.
-Terry C. Johnston's powerful narrative hives his characters blood, sinew, and bone. More than that, he gives them soul.---Robert Vaughan, author of The American Chronicles. -In Winter Rain, Terry Johnston combines brutal realism with a romantic perception of the Old West. The result is a gripping story.---Richard S. Wheeler, author of The Two Medicine River