Fifteen-year-old Francis and the two children he has adopted travel across the Old West, evade Comancheros, discover a treasure, and wind up rich beyond their wildest dreams.

The Wild West wasn't the glamorous locale often depicted in movies. In fact, it was a pretty dirty place with cowboys who didn't change their clothes often and infrequent gunfights. Readers will find out what life was really life in the Wild West in this book, including little-known facts about famous figures like Billy the Kid. From surprising facts about life on a cattle drive to the truth about "lawmen," this book will engage readers while supporting...

Old Adam Brite recruits a tough outfit to drive four thousand cattle along the Chisholm Trail, haunt of gunslingers and rustlers. One of his gun-toting horse wranglers is Reddie Bayne, a youth who turns out to be slightly different.

As the daughter of a newspaper reporter, fourteen-year-old Libby keeps a diary account of the exciting events surrounding her during the building of the railroad in the West in 1868.

"A comprehensive biography on Jim Bridger, famed mountain man, explorer, fur trader and guide."--