| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
228 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Some devilment send me packing -- Fate steps in on the way to Texas -- A curious cowboy gives me some news -- We ride in Nebraska -- Me and good eye go for a swim -- I make a pact with Rio, then spay my first Indian -- Pawnee come calling -- The herd takes a run -- Good eye travels the crossroads -- We reach Ogallala -- The Pawnee works some magic -- Soldiers hunt for Rio -- Beck's temper shows itself -- We head west to Sidney -- Nack tells a story, and Beck plays a trick -- The North Platte betrays us -- We say good-bye to a cowboy -- We travel on to Buffalo gap -- We make a run for Deadwood -- The past catches up with me -- I win a nickname -- I am put on trial -- News comes from Texas -- I go home. |
| Summary |
Thirteen-year-old Prometheus Jones and his eleven-year-old cousin Omer flee Tennessee and join a cattle drive that will eventually take them to Texas, where Prometheus hopes his father lives, and they find adventure and face challenges as African Americans in a land still recovering from the Civil War. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.2 7.0 123996. |
| Subject |
Cowboys -- Fiction.
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Cattle drives -- Fiction.
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African Americans -- Fiction.
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Race relations -- Fiction.
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Cousins -- Fiction.
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Wheeler, Edward L. (Edward Lytton), 1854 or 1855-1885 -- Fiction.
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West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781590786376 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1590786378 hardcover alkaline paper |
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