The Emerald Prairie . . . 2003 ISBN 0-89745-274-7 266 p. softcover Bruce Ross leaves home in 1871 to see the West. His action-filled adventure soon begins in a Kansas shootout. His journey continues to Colorado and the rough-and-tumble gold fields. When he returns to Kansas to search for gold bullion south of Council Grove, he meets an unforgettable young woman at a school box supper and his life quickly changes.