Bud Miles was a boy when he crossed theMississippi. But Bud buried his father after an Indianattack, and as the wagon train pushed on throughSioux country, the boy stood as tall as any man ...Tell Sackett killed cougars at fourteen and fought awar at fifteen. Now Tell was hauling dangerousfreight--a soldier's wife and a fortune ingold--knowing that someone wanted him dead ... Laurie Bonnetwas a mail-order bride who thought she was afailure on the frontier. But when the chips were down,she was the only one who could save her husband'slife ... In these marvelous stories of the West,Louis L'Amour tells of travelers, gunfighters,homesteaders, and adventurers: men and women makinghard and sudden choices and fighting battles thatcould cut a person's life short--or open up a boldnew future on the American frontier.From the Paperback edition.