The Duck and the Bear
Learn Good Manners
“Two friends sit down for a meal together and one doesn’t remember his manners. Kids will love Bear’s antics while parents will appreciate Duck’s friendly reminders.” -- Back cover
This author explores complex human relationships and moral dilemmas with keen psychological depth. Their writing is characterized by precise language and an ability to craft nuanced characters that resonate with readers. Through their work, the author often delves into themes of justice, guilt, and the search for meaning in an ambiguous world. Their literary style is both refined and accessible, making them a compelling storyteller.


Learn Good Manners
“Two friends sit down for a meal together and one doesn’t remember his manners. Kids will love Bear’s antics while parents will appreciate Duck’s friendly reminders.” -- Back cover
The Sioux were among the greatest of Indian nations. Strong, proud and unequaled as fighters. And to the white settlers in the plains, they were predators, a nightmare-made-real. There were few white men who survived an encounter with the Sioux, even fewer who earned their respect and their friendship. One man did, a professional gambler and gunfighter named Beau Mannix. No one could have imagined, most of all Mannix himself, that one day he would struggle a hundred miles through a blizzard to get help for the "savages"....or that he would be honored and loved by the Sioux, but hated and hunted by his own people. This is the story of a man with a dream, a vision so strong that it drove him to reject his own people...who was not by nature a warrior, but whose courage, fighting ability, and singleness of purpose earned him a place in the hearts of the Sioux nation. Robert James Steelman (1914-1994) worked for the Army as a civil electronics technician from 1936-1949 before publishing his first novel in 1956.