A High Sierra Christmas: An Untold Tale of Jeremiah Johnson
Mark Stephen Taylor is the award-winning author of 'Hiking the Trail of Truth', Knowing God through His Creation, published by Xulon Press in February of 2009.  A retired California peace officer, educated in criminal psychology, geology, and now a Biblical teacher and counselor, Mr. Taylor has spent many years exploring the wonders of the American Southwest.     He has climbed the highest of our western mountains and camped in our lowest deserts. He has spent time among the Native Americans and learned much about the creation and its wildlife through their counsel. His experiences and knowledge have produced a unique writing style that is appreciated by both the educated and the common among us. Mr. Taylor's perceptions of God, His creation and His truth are indeed non-traditional, inspirational, and can be most illuminating.    'A High Sierra Christmas': 'Mr. Taylor was encouraged by his mother as a boy to create a story of the American West. In honor and in memory of his mother, Pauline, who passed away when he was just a young teen, he has now been allowed to make her dream come true and gives us a bit of fiction and reality in this most heartwarming tale; a story that presents to us the later years of mountain man Jeremiah Johnson.