As Joshua Colter grows from an orphaned boy into manhood, he survives the dangers of a frontier torn by bloodshed and conflict, becoming one of the legendary long hunters Now he is a captain in the newly formed patriot rangers, colonists who fight to defend themselves from the Chickamaugas and Cherokees on one front and from the mighty army of the British Crown on another. The second volume in The Tennessee Frontier Trilogy, The Border Men is a saga of adventure set in the period from 1778 to 1783. In it Cameron Judd paints a portrait of the unforgettable men and women whose pioneer spirit reaches its zenith at the historic battle of King’s Mountain as the pioneers fight for liberty in a decisive stand against the redcoat army.