Few aspects of the Great American Frontier Mythology of the Old West are
as iconic as the Cattle Drive. The heyday of these events lasted less
than three decades, but they formed a major part of the romance of
cowboy days. This tale, though presented in a fictional form, is a
highly realistic depiction of a drive, written by a man who spent nearly
ten years as a real working drover on the long trails north from Texas
to market.