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 Wild Chisolm Trail

by Olson, Tod; Allred, Scott; Proch, Gregory

• ISBN13: 9781426305252
• ISBN10: 1426305257
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-09
• Publisher: National Geographic Kids

Summary

How to Get Rich on a Texas Cattle Drivefollows 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 plains of Texas to the railheads of the Midwest in the 1800's to capture the American drive towards success and riches.

Table of Contents

Why I Was Born to Be a Cowboy	p. 6
The Tail Calls and I Answer	p. 8
I Wrestle an “Alligator” and Join an Outfit	p. 10
We Encounter a Migration of Indians	p. 12
Running Rooster Ranch September 1877	p. 14
I Am Tested and Pass With Bruises to show for It	p. 16
I Learn the Tricks of the Trade on Roundup	p. 18
I Am Broken In by Life on the Trail	p. 20
I Make My Debut Performance as a Trail Boss	p. 22
We Prepare for Indian Attack but Meet None	p. 24
Stampede Along the Cimarron River August 1878	p. 26
The Cause of the Stampede Is Discovered but Not Proved	p. 28
We Meet the Good Farmers of Kansas and Are Treated as Trespassers	p. 30
Dodge City, Kansas September 1878	p. 32
Dodge City Is Seized by a Fear of Indians	p. 34
I Get an Accounting and Some Hard Advice	p. 36
We Try to Make the Most of Our Wanderings	p. 38
Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Omaha Fairgrounds may 19, 1883	p. 40
We Do Our Roping and Riding on Stage	p. 42
Afterword A. J. “Little John” Larken's Wild West	p. 44
List of Illustrations & Further Reading	p. 45
Encyclopedia of the Texas Cattle Drive	p. 46
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