The story of young love, set on a cattle ranch in the Wyoming countryside. Age group 8 plus.

THE STORY: Owner of the largest ranch in his part of Wyoming, Jepson Heath is a proud and determined man. He manages his affairs with a firm hand, including the engagement of his beautiful daughter, Letty. The only man Jepson considers to be good e

Why was miserly rancher Davy Barber wiling to pay for young George Jefferson to be apprenticed to the harnessmaker? What is the significance of the woman's corpse found in the hills of Sheridan County?

Color illustration on front cover of cowboy on horseback, firing a gun at another cowboy falling out of a second story window.

Eventually Larson found his father, but he first found himself, and that took more time and trouble. Along the way he experienced schools that didn't like Indians and career counselors eager to diminish his expectations. He also found friends to box, to play baseball with, and to drink with.

Based on the author's musical "The catch colt." Letty's parents refuse to allow her to marry a cowpuncher unless he can find out who his parents are.