Harold Bell Wright

As a boy, Dick Falkner ran away from abject poverty and an abusive alcoholic father. Sixteen years later, he finds himself hungry of body and empty of spirit in a Midwestern town....

Here is a land where a man, to live, must be a man. It is a land of granite and marble, strong stone and gold—and a man’s strength must be as the strength of the primeval hills. It is a land of oaks and cedars and pines—and a man’s mental grace must be as the grace of the untamed trees.

This is a story about a young man's journey into manhood and the discovery of his true calling in life....

Originally published in 1907, The Shepherd of the Hills is Harold Bell Wright's most famous work....

This classic Western story takes place on a cattle ranch. When a mysterious stranger comes walking into town seeking employment at the Cross-Triangle Ranch, life changes....

Strangers aren't well received in the Mutton Hollow neighborhood of the Ozarks....