Bob Lemmons is famous for his ability to track wild horses. He rides his
horse, Warrior, picks up the trail of mustangs, then runs with them day
and night until they accept his presence. Bob and Warrior must then
challenge the stallion for leadership of the wild herd. A victorious Bob
leads the mustangs across the wide plains and for one last spectacular
run before guiding them into the corral. Bob's job is done, but he
dreams of galloping with Warrior forever to where the sky and land meet.
This splendid collaboration by an award-winning team captures the beauty
and harshness of the frontier, a boundless arena for the struggle
between freedom and survival. Based on accounts of Bob Lemmons, a
formerly enslaved person, Black Cowboy, Wild Horses has been rewritten
as a picture book by Julius Lester from his story The Man Who Was a
Horse in Long Journey Home, first published by Dial in 1972.