Beaty Butte

Download or read book Beaty Butte written by David Martin Anderson and published by ConRoca Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "David Martin Anderson perfectly blends three alternate realities into one superbly striking story in his latest novel. BEATY BUTTE.. Written with a first-person perspective, it is impossible not to fall completely in love with the main protagonist (Billy Bartell), not to mention the magnificently fleshed out supporting characters. The reader gets the opportunity to see three different endings to three different stories. All three endings of this book left me feeling satisfied, crying happy tears, and sporting delighted goosebumps. Anderson did not hold back on this exquisite piece of literature.There is absolutely nothing I disliked about this book, and so much I loved. Even though the book is fictional, it does a wonderful job of seeming quite realistic. I was coerced by the descriptive landscapes and mountains and ended up doing a little googling of my own. There is a real Beaty Butte Wild Horse Training Facility that tames the wild horses in the 437,120-acre area, and eventually allows adoption and homing of these extraordinary creatures. This book is dedicated to the volunteers of this awesome program.I almost instantly knew that I would give this book a perfect 5 out of 5 stars. It is impeccably edited, and I had to search to find any errors. I look forward to reading more books by this gifted author." - onlineBookClub.org.... Billy Bartell has languished in a Montana prison cell ten years into a life sentence for a murder committed in 1939 while defending wild mustangs atop Pryor Mountain. Now, at age 27, he has become a seasoned inmate without hope of parole and no means of protecting feral herds still being ravished by man. Recently, Billy’s warden has awarded the veteran horse whisperer ‘Model Prisoner’ status and bestowed the management of the prison’s fledgling ‘horse rescue’ program. This first-of-its-kind prisoner rehabilitation program offers an opportunity to save horses but not enough freedom to stop the mass extermination carried out by Billy’s former nemeses, Captain Leonard Belial. Then, a fateful day arrives when the warden permits Billy to attend a funeral of a mutual friend. Lifers are never gifted such indulgences but the warden makes an exception for his favorite prisoner. Granting Billy a clandestine two-day furlough puts the warden’s job on the line. Once outside prison walls, Billy discovers his ex-lover’s eleven-year-old child, Samantha, is alive and living with the girl’s widowed aunt on an Oregon cattle ranch. The ranch has fallen into receivership and needs an experienced drover to help turn it around. With this news, Billy is torn between returning to prison, thereby fulfilling his promise to the warden, or fleeing to Beaty Butte, Oregon and parenting the little girl. Beaty Butte is one of the last refuges for wild mustangs. Thus, Billy has to make a life altering choice (a left turn or a right turn on a country road), requiring the telling of two parallel stories based on the outcome of each choice. . . .Read the award-winning prequel, THE LAST GOOD HORSE.