Jenny Cameron's Cattle Rustling Catastrophe (Rancho Cameron Adventures)

By Donna Alice Patton

A dime novel sets Jenny Cameron's imagination on fire. But will her hasty decisions spell catastrophe for herself and her friend Brose? California in the late 1880s is full of cattle rustlers, cowboys, and one calamity after another. Eleven-year-old Jenny Cameron, newly arrived with her father to his family's huge Rancho Cameron in the Sierra foothills, unexpectedly finds herself in the middle of a mystery she can't wait to solve. Her grandmother's new washerwoman is the spitting image of a notorious female cattle rustler, right down to the pearl-handled pistols she wears around her hips. "Annie O'Banyon" also happens to be the lead character in Jenny's newest dime novel. The washerwoman's arrival sets off a round of missing cattle. This is too much of a coincidence for Jenny and her friend, Brose. They are convinced Annie and her gang are rustling the ranchers' cattle. They do their best to convince Jenny's father and the sheriff, but their "tall tales" fall on skeptical ears. Can Jenny and Brose stop the cattle rustlers? Or will a case of mistaken identity lead them into a box canyon with no way out? Jenny discovers that a girl who cries "cattle rustler" once too often, even with the best intentions, must learn to slow down and think things through before plunging headlong into danger.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D5H8L8Z6
• ISBN13: 9798324817237
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 190 Pages
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.4" x 5.5"