By Mardie Schroeder

Reviewed by Pennell Paugh

September 1, 2024 (San Diego) -- Mardie Schroeder, resident of North Park in San Diego, wrote Go West for Luck, Go West for Love, a wonderful story that depicts the adventures of a family’s members over four generations.

Schroeder starts her story back in the old west. Benjamin Harrison Johnson leaves a town where he has been sheriff. Wherever he goes, he rescues and befriends people. A slick poker player, he wins a ramshackle homestead, the Six Bar Ranch and the owner’s son—Joseph, whom he adopts.

Discovering oil, having his house burned to the ground by outlaws, and inviting Indians to corral and train wild horses on his land start this fast-paced saga. Benjamin Harrison Johnson believes the ranch belongs to Joseph and gives it to his adopted son. We get to know Joseph and see him marry and make the ranch his own.