Teddy's Cattle Drive: A Story from History
- ISBN-10
- 0826339212
- ISBN-13
- 9780826339218
- Category
- Cattle drives
- Pages
- 60
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- UNM Press
- Author
- Marc Simmons
Description
"In Teddy's Cattle Drive, Marc Simmons tells the story of E. C. "Teddy" Abbott, an eleven-year-old boy who embarks on his first cattle drive in 1871. Teddy's father takes him on a journey to Texas to purchase a herd of longhorn cattle that will be driven back to their ranch in southeastern Nebraska. Once the longhorns are bought and a cowboy crew hired, Mr. Abbott returns home by train. He leaves young Teddy in the care of sage trail boss Vito Cross to make the long drive north on the Chisholm Trail." "Teddy is suddenly thrust into the hard life of cowboys and cattle work. Can he make the grade and be accepted? On a trip filled with excitement and danger, the boy learns some of life's difficult lessons and proves his worth."--BOOK JACKET.
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