| Contents |
Some devilment send me packing -- Fate steps in on the way to Texas -- A curious cowboy gives me some news -- We ride in Nebraska -- Me and good eye go for a swim -- I make a pact with Rio, then spay my first Indian -- Pawnee come calling -- The herd takes a run -- Good eye travels the crossroads -- We reach Ogallala -- The Pawnee works some magic -- Soldiers hunt for Rio -- Beck's temper shows itself -- We head west to Sidney -- Nack tells a story, and Beck plays a trick -- The North Platte betrays us -- We say good-bye to a cowboy -- We travel on to Buffalo gap -- We make a run for Deadwood -- The past catches up with me -- I win a nickname -- I am put on trial -- News comes from Texas -- I go home. |
| Abstract |
Thirteen-year-old Prometheus Jones and his eleven-year-old cousin Omer flee Tennessee and join a cattle drive that will eventually take them to Texas, where Prometheus hopes his father lives, and they find adventure and face challenges as African Americans in a land still recovering from the Civil War. |
| LCCN | 2008005422 |
| ISBN | 9781590786376 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1590786378 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
