“Beyond the Rio Gila” with Author Scott G. Hibbard

Beyond the Rio Gila with Author Scott G. Hibbard

Beyond the Rio Gila 

In 1844, seventeen-year-old Moses Cole leaves home when his pa lays him out with a number two shovel, walks from the Shenandoah farmstead to Pennsylvania and stumbles into the First Dragoons as an underage recruit. So begins the story’s geographical arc which carries the reader from Virginia to San Diego and back through the journey of Private Moses Cole. Its emotional arc includes loss, gain, and hard lessons as Moses Cole comes-of-age before returning to his soul mate back home.

The novel’s historical backbone is the Army of the West and the march of the Mormon Battalion from Council Bluffs to San Diego in 1846 to 1847 during the Mexican-American War. 
 

Scott G. Hibbard
Scott attended public school in Helena, Montana, and received a BA in English Literature from Williams College and two graduate degrees—an MFA in Creative Writing and an MBA—from the University of Montana. He worked full-time for the family ranch for a number of years. While he continues his involvement with the ranch, he also operates a ranch management enterprise that provides management and consulting services to other ranches. Learn more at https://www.scottghibbard.com/