Description
Good+ dust jacket, a mylar jacket has been added, cover illustration of man and horse racing, wear all around edges of dust jacket, wear to the spine. Very Good+ binding is rust colored cloth over boards, black lettering on front and on spine. Black-and-white illustrations by Pers Crowell. The binding is tight and pages are clean. This book measures 8.5″ x 6″ wide.
About the book (from the dust jacket)
HIGH adventure fills the pages of this story of a boy and a horse. So also do the thrills and the flavor of the Old West, for this is the tale of a run for a homestead
Along with hundreds of other impatient settlers living in tents and covered wagons along the Kansas-Oklahoma border, twelve-year-old David Rutledge and his parents waited for the opening of the Cherokee Strip. David, and a stray horse he named Cherokee Bill, played a big part in the family fortunes on that eventful day. And in the days that followed. David found that life in a “soddy” on a prairie homestead could be full of unexpected adventure–particularly when a stray horse turns out to be a prize-winning pacer.
This fast-moving, well-written story is based on family records and firsthand knowledge. The illustrations, too, are authentic, being done by one of America’s leading artists, with a special talent for drawing horses.
