Joe Walker

JOE WALKER famous 19th century explorer known for founding Independence Missouri first Euro-American to cross the Sierras first to see Yosemite is about to lead an expedition of untrained men into the Arizona wilderness to prospect for gold. Though the US Army has stirred up the Chiricahua and Membreno Apaches in 30 years of leading men into unmapped wilderness he has never lost a man. But Joe isn’t looking for wealth and glory - he has wrongs to right and his own vision to pursue - and he is going blind.. Walker’s story is about relentless enemies - old age leadership racial animosity war the passing of an era and a man’s rage to make his life significant in spite of failure.