James Alexander Thom author of Panther in the Sky, Follow the River, Long Knife, Red Heart, Sign-Talker, Staying Out of Hell, Spectator Sport, From Sea to Shining Sea, Spirit of the Place Indiana Hill country. James Alexander Thom is one of the finest historical novelest writing today....he cares passionately about getting it right, and has a gift for illuminating those forgotten but fasinating corners of the American past....