How to Get Rich on a Texas Cattle Drive: In Which I Tell the Honest Truth about Rampaging Rustlers, Stampeding Steers and Other Fateful Hazards on the

by Tod Olson

Book Overview

How to Get Rich on a Texas Cattle Drive follows the adventures of a 15-year-old cowhand on the famous Chisholm Trail through Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, as he battles stampedes, rustlers, angry Comanche braves, territorial Kansas farmers, and half a continent's worth of dust. With a combination of tongue-in-cheek humor and actual historical detail, this fictional account draws from the personal accounts of cowhands who drove cattle from the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1426305249
• ISBN13: 9781426305245
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: National Geographic Kids
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7