Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail

The legendary Buffalo Bill Cody rides again in this rousing adventure through the blood and dust of the American frontier. When young David Scott falls in with the famed scout and showman, he finds himself caught between two worlds: the dying freedom of the plains and the relentless march of civilization. Through buffalo hunts and stampedes, cavalry charges and silent nights under stars untainted by city smoke, David learns what it means to be a man in an era when being a man could get you killed. Sabin writes with the urgent prose of someone who knew these trails firsthand, capturing not just the adventure but the strange, tragic beauty of a continent being remade. The Overland Trail becomes a character itself, a muddy, dangerous artery through which dreams and nightmares flowed in equal measure. This is the West before it became myth, when it was still raw enough to draw blood.