The Pioneer Boys of the Missouri; Or, in the Country of the Sioux

Summer on the Missouri River, 1914. Two cousins, Dick and Roger Armstrong, reel in catfish and dream of the frontier life their fathers built. But the boys' peaceful fishing trip shatters when they learn the truth: a flaw in the family's land title threatens to snatch their homestead from under them. The only man who can save it is Jasper Williams, a mystery man headed into Sioux territory. The cousins don't hesitate. They launch a canoe into the mighty Missouri, chasing a future that hangs by a thread. What follows is pure boyhood adventure: wilderness camping, river rapids, tracking through unbroken country, and the ever-present dread of the Sioux. A cunning French trader complicates their path, and the frontier proves far more dangerous than any fishing trip. Yet the boys carry the weight of their families' survival on their shoulders, and refusal isn't in their blood. This is the kind of story that made American boys dream of leather and longitude, of proving themselves against rivers, elements, and enemies. Rathborne writes with the kinetic energy of a dime novel and the heart of a family saga. It's adventure fiction in its purest form: stakes you can feel, danger you can taste, and two boys willing to risk everything for the land their fathers won.