Avon Burnet, eighteen and one of the finest riders in western Texas on his mustang Thunderbolt, lives with his uncle Captain Shirril, a former Confederate officer turned rancher. An alarming interruption at the ranch house, a desperate venture and a night siege set the stage for the drive north along the great trail.
Ellis wrote dime novels and boys’ books by the hundred; this one is a fast cattle-country adventure whose portrayal of Indians is that of its day. Download the free EPUB.