Rivers west - Louis L'Amour

His dream was to build magnificent steamboats to ply the rivers of the American frontier.
But when Jean Talon began his journey westward, he stumbled upon a deadly conspiracy
involving a young woman's search to find her missing brother, and a ruthless band
of renegades. Led by the brazen Baron Torville, this makeshift army of opportunists
is plotting a violent takeover of the Louisiana Territory. Jean swears to find a
way to stop this daring plan. If he doesn't, it will not only put an end to all his
dreams; it will change the course of history-and destroy the promise of the American
frontier.