Bud Miles was a boy when he crossed the Mississippi. But Bud buried his
father after an Indian attack, and as the wagon train pushed on through
Sioux country, the boy stood as tall as any man. . . .
Tell Sackett killed cougars at fourteen and fought a war at fifteen. Now
Tell was hauling dangerous freight--a soldier's wife and a fortune in
gold--knowing that someone wanted him dead. . . .
Laurie Bonnet was a mail-order bride who thought she was a failure on
the frontier. But when the chips were down, she was the only one who
could save her husband's life. . . .
In these marvelous stories of the West, Louis L'Amour tells of
travelers, gunfighters, homesteaders, and adventurers: men and women
making hard and sudden choices and fighting battles that could cut a
person's life short--or open up a bold new future on the American
frontier.