"Don't come west of the Mississippi, boy. If you do, I'll hang your guts on a cottonwood tree for the magpies to eat."
Floyd Logan, a strapping sixteen year old woodsman and hunter wins his first Turkey Shoot, beating all the men from Limerick, Tennessee and a stranger, an unruly mountain man. The prize is two brand new fifty-four caliber pistols, and the mountain man wants them so much he demands Floyd lose. The man even threatens him with a savage death.
Undeterred, Floyd wins and heads west to become a mountain man.
Will he reach the mountains?
What misfortunes lie in wait for Floyd?
Does he have the determination, the desire, the strength. Does he have the Soul of a Mountain Man?
This book will keep you on the edge of your seat, anxious to read what awaits you on the next page.