Peppers’ Folly: An Ohio Frontier Classic (Raising Cain Book 2)
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Ohio history comes alive with this new series by Gerald L. Guy
Young Billy Cain is eager to do the right thing at all times. Sometimes good deeds backfire, though. When Billy rescues a trapper from a winter freeze, Jeremiah Peppers promptly steals his boss’ prized thoroughbred, Blackjack. The horse thief easily is captured and justice hangs on the testimony of the young apprentice and his Delaware friend, Quingus. As the trial gets under way, a disheveled and mysterious woman wanders through Marietta gathering information. The cunning daughter of a Cayuga medicine man, Peppers’ wife designs a plan to save her man from the gallows. Before the thief can swing for his crime, the unthinkable happens in front of a throng of helpless onlookers. Peppers is rescued and Blackjack is stolen for a second time. Who will step up to end the chaos?