Carry the Wind

By: Terry C. Johnston

Narrated by: Alex Boyles

Young Josiah Paddock, on the run from his past in St. Louis, didn’t have much hope of survival. Winter was coming to the Rockies, and if the cold cutting through his city clothes didn’t kill him, grizzlies or Indians would. Then his luck turned. He stumbled across the trail of Ol’ Scratch, a solitary mountain man eager enough for company to take the brash youngster under his wing.

Pure chance brought Paddock to the old trapper’s camp, but it was skill with a gun and a knife that kept them both alive as they rode deep into the majestic land of Blackfeet and Crow, bible-spouting pioneers, and sensual women where only the best and bravest survived...and only the luckiest rode back again.

Carry the Wind is a gripping historical saga set in the Grand Tetons during a time when the horizon never ended and a nation was being born.

©1982 Terry C. Johnston (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing

Historical fiction at its finest!

We are presented with an introduction to Josiah Paddock. From his childhood, leaving home, his various jobs including his exposure to the mountains and beaver trapping, to the fateful duel with the Frenchman. Josiah’s account continues with his, and his friend Mordicah, adventure to the western mountains. Soon, Josiah would come across Titus Bass and join up with him, his education and training to begin. Josiah was a true greenhorn, in the beginning, a young man with more pride than experience. Scratch had his work cut out for him when he took this young man under his wing. They came to be fast and true friends. The adventures and hardships were a great tale of the mountains in the 1830s. I enjoyed the story and the characters. I wish Audible had the rest of the series.

Great story and will keep your attention

Awesome story line. I’m at book 6 and they keep you coming back for more. Do have one issue with author’s writing. The drowning on and repetitive descriptions of certain parts gets aggravating. When a paragraph would do to describe a particular situation, 5 pages later still haven’t gotten to the point

A western that is not for the faint of heart.

After a short period of time listening to this audiobook, I realized that it is definitely not politically correct, which may really turn off some listeners. That being said, I thought it was a great story that I believe had a pretty realistic depiction of the old-school mountain men. It was suspenseful, action-packed, and not for the faint of heart.

Rivals William Johnstone

This is a fantastic series. Don't get upset with some of the certain language used, as it had an entirely different meaning than it does today. A great many things have changed from the early 1800's in the use of certain words and what they ment then and now.
I have read the entire series, and all of Terry's other books. It was a shame when we lost him to cancer so many years ago.
I wish Audible would find someone to produce all of this series or at least his other books. As he wrote many relevant books of the interactions and battles with Native Americans, some good, some bad interactions. He clearly loved Native Americans, or at least many of them.

My favorite book series

To start off the narrator could be better but overall he's good. I'm glad at least part of this series has made it to audible finally hopefully they'll continue with the rest of the books. 10/10 would recommend if you're into spicy historical fiction.