Even the best laid plans for the future can take unpredictable turns that can either crush the human spirit or define and strengthen character. Chad Larson and his young family left wealth and security in Pennsylvania to follow his dream of a home in Colorado. Having lost his family, Josh Carter escaped what was left of his war-ravaged home in Georgia for what he hoped was a new life in the West. After killing his stepfather, Rafe McKinney fled West from the hills of Kentucky and the revenge of the dead man's family. In Westward Bound, author D. Michael Eberhardt reveals how lives of people can become entangled in ways that could never have been imagined. The Westward trek brings fortune and tragedy, love and lawlessness, hope and despair to those who dared to make the journey.